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City of Westminster 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table 32.—Clinic Services
Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics
| Number of women Attended | Number of sessions held by | Total Attendances | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For Ante-natal Examination | For Post-natal Examination | Medical Officers | Midwives | Medical Officer Sessions | Midwives Sessions | |
| 1968 | 941 | 130 | 500 | 121 | 4,058 | 345 |
| 1967 | 1,165 | 136 | 644 | 149 | 4,698 | 436 |
Table 33.—Mothercraft and Ante-Natal Exercises
| 1968 | 1967 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total number of attendances during the year | 2,733 | 2,496 |
| Total number of sessions during the year | 268 | 284 |
Table 34.—Child Welfare Centres
| Number of children who attended during the year | Total number of sessions | Total number of attendances | Total medical examinations | Number of children on "at risk" register at end of year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born in 1968 | Born in 1967 | Born in 1963-6 | Total | ||||
| 2,494 | 2,499 | 3,225 | 8,218 | 2,122 | 42,669 | 19,406 | 830 |
| 1967 | | 8,448 | 2,174 | 46,516 | 19,905 | 1,298 | ||
Table 35.—Health Visiting
| Cases visited by Health Visitors | Number of cases | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children born in 1968 | 2,736 |
| 2 | Children born in 1967 | 2,684 |
| 3 | Children born in 1963-66 | 5,382 |
| 4 | Total number of children in lines 1-3 | 10,802 |
| 5 | Persons aged 65 or over | 694 |
| 6 | Number included in line 5 who were visited at the special request of a G.P. or hospital | 254 |
| 7 | Mentally disordered persons | 31 |
| 8 | Number included in line 7 who were visited at the special request of a G.P. or hospital | 17 |
| 9 | Persons, excluding maternity cases, discharged from hospital (other than mental hospitals) | 53 |
| 10 | Number included in line 9 who were visited at the special request of a G.P. or hospital | 18 |
| 11 | Number of tuberculous households visited | 31 |
| 12 | Number of households visited on account of other infectious diseases | 50 |
| 13 | All other cases | 1,643 |
| 14 | Number of tuberculous households visited by tuberculosis visitors | 895 |