[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table 1.-Deaths-According to Age-Group and Sex

CAUSE OF DEATH	1968	1969 Net Deaths at the sub-joined ages of residents (Male and Female) whether occuring within or without the City
	Totals All Ages	All Ages		Under 1 year		1 and under 5		5 and under 15		15 and under 25		25 and under 45		45 and under 65		65 and upwards
	Totals All Ages	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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Table 2.-Infant Mortality-According to Cause, Age-Group and Sex

CAUSE OF DEATH	Under 1 week		1-4 weeks		1-3 months		3-6 months		6-9 months		9-12 months		Total
CAUSE OF DEATH	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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Table 3.—Maternal Mortality

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Table 4.—Notification of Infectious and Other Notifiable Diseases

Numbers originally notified	Measles (excluding rubella)		Dysentery		Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Acute meningitis		Acute poliomyelitis				Other notifiable diseases Specify disease and sex but not age
	Measles (excluding rubella)		Dysentery		Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Acute meningitis		Paralytic		Nonparalytic		Original		Final
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.		F.

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Table 5.—Tuberculosis: New Cases and Deaths

At ages— years	*NEW CASES				DEATHS
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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Table 6. —Specimens Submitted to the Public Health Laboratory

Nature of Specimen	Number Examined	Positive Findings

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Table 7.—Night and out of office hours emergency service— Analysis of calls made to Duty Officers

Month 1969	Mental Health		Midwives		Welfare Department		Children's Department		P.H.I.		Miscellaneous		Total
Month 1969	*w.	*K.	W.	K.	W.	K.	W.	K.	W.	K.	W.	K.	W.	K.

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Table 8.— Dwelling Houses—Reason for Initial Inspection

1969		1968

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Table 9.—Dwelling Houses—Nuisances and Unsatisfactory Conditions Found and Remedied

	1969	1968

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Table 10.—Summary of Visits by Public Health Inspectors

1969		1968

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Table 11 .—Statutory Notices Served

1969		1968

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Table 12. —Summary of Visits by Housing Act Inspectors

1969		1968

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Table 13.— Summary of Work Carried Out by Public Health Inspectors under the Housing Acts 1961-1964 in connection with Houses in Multiple Occupation

1969		1968

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Table 14.— Unfit Premises

1969		1968

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Table 15.—Known cases of Overcrowding

1969		1968

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Table 16. —Housing Act 1969: Qualification Certificates (This Table relates to the period 25th August, 1969, when the Act came into operation, to 31st December, 1969)

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Table 17.—Rodent Control

	1969	1968

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Table 18.—Chemical Examination of Water Supplied to City of Westminster—Average Results Milligrammes per Litre (unless otherwise stated)

Analysis Date	Source of Supply
Analysis Date	Stoke Newington	R. Thames Derived

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Table 19.—Bacteriological Examination of Water Supplied to City of Westminster—Average Results after Treatment

Source of supply	Number of Samples	Agar plate count per ml.		Coliform count	E.coli count
Source of supply	Number of Samples	20-24 hours 37°C.	3 days at 22°C.	Per cent, samples negative in 100 ml.	Per cent, samples negative in 100 ml.

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Table 20.-Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963

Category of Premises	Number Registered in 1969	Total Number Registered at 31st December, 1969	Number of Registered Premises receiving a general inspection during the year

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Table 21.-Factories: Inspection for purposes of provisions as to health

		Number on Register		Number of
		Number on Register		Inspections		Written notices		Occupiers prosecuted

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Table 22.-Factories: Defects

Particulars	Number of cases in which defects were found								Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
	Found		Remedied		Referred
	Found		Remedied		To H.M. Inspector		By H.M. Inspector

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Table 23.-Outwork

Nature of work	Number of out-workers in August list required by Section 133 (1) (c)		Number of cases of default in sending lists to the Council		Number of prosecutions for failure to supply lists		Number of instances of work in unwholesome premises		Notices served		Prosecutions

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Table 24.—Estimated Percentage of Compliance of Premises in Westminster with Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960 in relation to (a) Regulation 16— Washing Facilities for the use of Staff, and (b) Regulation 19—Provision of Sinks for Cleansing of Equipment and Food Preparation

Type of Premises to which Sections 16 and 19 apply	Number	Estimated percentage of compliance with Regulation 16	Estimated percentage of compliance with Regulation 19

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Table 25.—Premises Registered for Preserving Food, or Manufacture, Storage or Sale of Ice Cream

	1969	1968

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Table 26.-Food Poisoning-Investigation of Incidents and Cases

Causative agent	General Outbreaks		Family Outbreaks		Sporadic Cases	Total	Total
Causative agent	Number of separate outbreaks	Number of cases notified or ascertained	Number of separate outbreaks	Number of cases notified or ascertained	Notified or ascertained	Number of outbreaks and sporadic cases Columns (1+3+5)	Number of cases Columns (2+4+5)

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Table 27.—Analysis of Legal Proceedings

	Fines			Costs
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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Table 28.—Coroner's Court and Mortuary

	1969	1968

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Table 29.—Maternal & Child Welfare Centres—Activities held as at December 1969 Note: The following Table sets out the sessions held at the various Centres in December, 1969. Changes occur from time to time to meet the need.

CENTRE	MONDAY		TUESDAY		WEDN	ESDAY	THURSDAY		FRIDAY
CENTRE	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.

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Table 29.—Maternal & Child Welfare Centres—Activities held as at December 1969—(continued)

CENTRE	MONDAY		TUESDAY		WEDNESDAY		THURSDAY		FRIDAY
CENTRE	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.

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Table 29.—Maternal 8- Child Welfare Centres—Activities held as at December 1969—(continued)

CENTRE	MONDAY		TUESDAY		WEDNESDAY		THURSDAY		FRIDAY
CENTRE	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.

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Table 30.—Clinic Services Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics

Number of women Attended			Number of sessions held by		Total Attendances

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Table 31 .—Mothercraft and Ante-Natal Exercises

	1969	1968

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Table 32.—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 handicapped register at end of year
Born in 1969	Born in 1968	Born in 1964-7	Total	Total number of sessions	Total number of attendances	Total medical examinations	Number of children on handicapped register at end of year

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Table 33.—Health Visiting

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TABLE A.—Completed Primary Courses—Number of persons under age 16

Type of Vaccine or Dose	Year of Birth					Others under age 16	Total	Total Completed
	1969	1968	1967	1966	1962-65			At Clinics	By G.P.s

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TABLE B.-Reinforcing Doses-Number of Persons under age 16

Type of Vaccine or Dose	Year of Birth					Others under age 16	Total	Total Completed
Type of Vaccine or Dose	1969	1968	1967	1966	1962-65	Others under age 16	Total	At Clinics	By G.P.s

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Table 35.-Smallpox Vaccination of Persons aged under 16

Age at date of Vaccination	Number vaccinated		Number Revaccinated
	1969	1968	1969	1968

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Table 36.—Home Nursing

	1969	1968

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Table 37.—Domiciliary Midwifery

Domiciliary Midwives employed by	Administrative and Supervisory Staff			District Nurses/Midwives
	Whole-time	Part-time	Whole-time equivalent of (2)	Whole-time	Part-time	Whole-time equivalent of (5)
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)

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DELIVERIES ATTENDED BY DOMICILIARY MIDWIVES

Number of Domiciliary Confinements attended by Midwives under N.H.S. arrangements			Number of cases delivered in hospitals and other institutions but discharged and attended by Domiciliary Midwives before tenth day
Doctor not booked	Doctor booked	Total

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Table 38.—Chiropody Service A. Number of persons treated

	By City Council		By City of Westminster Old People's Welfare Association		Total
	1969	1968	1969	1968	1969	1968

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B. Number of treatments given

	By City Council		By City of Westminster Old People's Welfare Association		Total
	1969	1968	1969	1968	1969	1968

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Table 39.-Home Help Service A. Applications received during year

Area	Aged 65 and Over	Aged under 65					Total
Area	Aged 65 and Over	T.B.	Chronic Sick	Mentally Disordered	Maternity	Others	1969	1968

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Table 40.-Mental Health Service-Number of Patients referred to City Council during year ended 31st December, 1969

Referred by	Mentally III				Subnormal				Severely subnormal				*Total
	Under age 16		16 and over		U nder age 1 6		16 and over		Under age 16		16 and over		*Total
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	1969	1968

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Table 41.—Number of Patients for whom Hospital Admissions were arranged

	SECTION OF MENTAL HEALTH ACT						Total
	Informal	Sec. 25	Sec. 26	Sec. 29	Sec. 136	Sec. 60	Total

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Table 42.-Mental Health Service-Number of cases in community care at end of year

	Mentally III				Subnormal				Severely subnormal				Grand Total
	Under age 16		16 and over		Under age 16		16 and over		Under age 16		16 and over		Grand Total
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	1969	1968

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Table 43.-Number of patients admitted for temporary residential care during the year (e.g. to relieve the family)

Number of admissions	Mentally III				Subnormal				Severely subnormal				Grand Total
	Under age 16		16 and over		Under age 16		16 and over		Under age 16		16 and over		Grand Total
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	1969	1968

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Table 44.—Terrace Day Centre—1969 (Day Centre for the Mentally III, 1 St. Mary's Terrace, W.2)

	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.

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Table 45.—Venereal Diseases Cases treated in Westminster — 1st January-31st December, 1969.

Hospital	M.	F.	Total 1969	Total 1968

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Table 46.—Medical Suite at City Hall: Work Undertaken

	1969	1968

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Table 47.-School Health Service The table below shows the grades and numbers (full.time equivalents as at 31 December, 1969) of staff employed on school health work in the City of Westminster together with the totals for the Inner London Education Authority as a whole.

Grade	FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES AS AT 31 DECEMBER, 1969 IN:
	City of Westminster	Inner London Education Authority 1969	Inner London Education Authority 1968

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Table 48.—Tuberculin Test and B.C.G. Vaccination Number of persons vaccinated through the Authority's approved arrangements under Section 28 of the National Health Service Act. A. Contacts

	1969	1968

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Table 49.—School Medical Inspections (excluding Dental and Health Surveys)—1969

	City of Westminster	Inner London Education Authority
	City of Westminster	1969	1968

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Table 50.—Routine Medical Inspections 1969—Defects NUMBER OF CHILDREN NOTED FOR TREATMENT OR OBSERVATION EXPRESSED AS A RATE PER 1,000 INSPECTED

Number Inspected	City of Westminster		Inner London Education Authority
Number Inspected	City of Westminster		1969	1968

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Table 51.-School Health Service-Findings at Health Surveys 1969

SCHOOL ROLL-May 1969	City of Westminster	Inner London Education Authority
	21,766	1969	1968
	21,766	421,925	418,280

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Table 52.-School Health Service-Non-Routine Medical Inspections 1969

Type of Inspection	City of Westminster	Inner London Education Authority
Type of Inspection	City of Westminster	1969	1968

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Table 53.—School Health Service—Routine Medical Inspections 1969—Vision

Number Tested		PERCENTAGE OF NUMBER TESTED																Percentage of total number tested and noted for treatment
		A—Not Wearing Glasses								B—Wearing Glasses
		6/6		6/9		6/12 or worse		Noted for Treatment		6/6		6/9		6/12 or worse		Noted for Treatment
Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls

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Number of Children Noted for Treatment and Observation expressed as a rate per 1,000 inspected

	City of Westminster		Inner London Education Authority
	City of Westminster		1969		1968

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Table 55.—Dental Services for Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children under 5 Part A.—Attendances and Treatment

Number of Visits for Treatment during year	Children 0-4 (incl.)		Expectant and Nursing Mothers
Number of Visits for Treatment during year	1969	1968	1969	1968

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Table 56.—School Dental Service Statistics 1969 (Statistics, 1968 shown in brackets)

NUMBER OF SESSIONS			Inspection	Ordinary treatment	Anaesthetic

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INSPECTIONS

	First inspection at school	First inspection at clinic	Percentage found to require treatment
	8,098 (8,913)	3,514 (3,577)	63-5 (64-6)

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NUMBER OF VISITS FOR TREATMENT

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FILLINGS AND EXTRACTIONS

	Permanent teeth	Temporary teeth

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Table 57.-Tuberculosis-Care and After Care

	Paddington Chest Clinic		Marylebone Chest Clinic		Westminster Hospital Chest Clinic
	1969	1968	1969	1968	1969	1968

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65 tables in this report

Table 1.-Deaths-According to Age-Group and Sex

Table 2.-Infant Mortality-According to Cause, Age-Group and Sex

Table 3.—Maternal Mortality

Table 4.—Notification of Infectious and Other Notifiable Diseases

Table 5.—Tuberculosis: New Cases and Deaths

Table 6. —Specimens Submitted to the Public Health Laboratory

Table 7.—Night and out of office hours emergency service— Analysis of calls made to Duty Officers

Table 8.— Dwelling Houses—Reason for Initial Inspection

Table 9.—Dwelling Houses—Nuisances and Unsatisfactory Conditions Found and Remedied

Table 10.—Summary of Visits by Public Health Inspectors

Table 11 .—Statutory Notices Served

Table 12. —Summary of Visits by Housing Act Inspectors

Table 13.— Summary of Work Carried Out by Public Health Inspectors under the Housing Acts 1961-1964 in connection with Houses in Multiple Occupation

Table 14.— Unfit Premises

Table 15.—Known cases of Overcrowding

Table 16. —Housing Act 1969: Qualification Certificates (This Table relates to the period 25th August, 1969, when the Act came into operation, to 31st December, 1969)

Table 17.—Rodent Control

Table 18.—Chemical Examination of Water Supplied to City of Westminster—Average Results Milligrammes per Litre (unless otherwise stated)

Table 19.—Bacteriological Examination of Water Supplied to City of Westminster—Average Results after Treatment

Table 20.-Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963

Table 21.-Factories: Inspection for purposes of provisions as to health

Table 22.-Factories: Defects

Table 23.-Outwork

Table 24.—Estimated Percentage of Compliance of Premises in Westminster with Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960 in relation to (a) Regulation 16— Washing Facilities for the use of Staff, and (b) Regulation 19—Provision of Sinks for Cleansing of Equipment and Food Preparation

Table 25.—Premises Registered for Preserving Food, or Manufacture, Storage or Sale of Ice Cream

Table 26.-Food Poisoning-Investigation of Incidents and Cases

Table 27.—Analysis of Legal Proceedings

Table 28.—Coroner's Court and Mortuary

Table 29.—Maternal &amp; Child Welfare Centres—Activities held as at December 1969 Note: The following Table sets out the sessions held at the various Centres in December, 1969. Changes occur from time to time to meet the need.

Table 29.—Maternal &amp; Child Welfare Centres—Activities held as at December 1969—(continued)

Table 29.—Maternal 8- Child Welfare Centres—Activities held as at December 1969—(continued)

Table 30.—Clinic Services Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics

Table 31 .—Mothercraft and Ante-Natal Exercises

Table 32.—Child Welfare Centres

Table 33.—Health Visiting

TABLE A.—Completed Primary Courses—Number of persons under age 16

TABLE B.-Reinforcing Doses-Number of Persons under age 16

Table 35.-Smallpox Vaccination of Persons aged under 16

Table 36.—Home Nursing

Table 37.—Domiciliary Midwifery

DELIVERIES ATTENDED BY DOMICILIARY MIDWIVES

Table 38.—Chiropody Service A. Number of persons treated

B. Number of treatments given

Table 39.-Home Help Service A. Applications received during year

Table 40.-Mental Health Service-Number of Patients referred to City Council during year ended 31st December, 1969

Table 41.—Number of Patients for whom Hospital Admissions were arranged

Table 42.-Mental Health Service-Number of cases in community care at end of year

Table 43.-Number of patients admitted for temporary residential care during the year (e.g. to relieve the family)

Table 44.—Terrace Day Centre—1969 (Day Centre for the Mentally III, 1 St. Mary's Terrace, W.2)

Table 45.—Venereal Diseases Cases treated in Westminster — 1st January-31st December, 1969.

Table 46.—Medical Suite at City Hall: Work Undertaken

Table 47.-School Health Service The table below shows the grades and numbers (full.time equivalents as at 31 December, 1969) of staff employed on school health work in the City of Westminster together with the totals for the Inner London Education Authority as a whole.

Table 48.—Tuberculin Test and B.C.G. Vaccination Number of persons vaccinated through the Authority's approved arrangements under Section 28 of the National Health Service Act. A. Contacts

Table 49.—School Medical Inspections (excluding Dental and Health Surveys)—1969

Table 50.—Routine Medical Inspections 1969—Defects NUMBER OF CHILDREN NOTED FOR TREATMENT OR OBSERVATION EXPRESSED AS A RATE PER 1,000 INSPECTED

Table 51.-School Health Service-Findings at Health Surveys 1969

Table 52.-School Health Service-Non-Routine Medical Inspections 1969

Table 53.—School Health Service—Routine Medical Inspections 1969—Vision

Number of Children Noted for Treatment and Observation expressed as a rate per 1,000 inspected

Table 55.—Dental Services for Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children under 5 Part A.—Attendances and Treatment

Table 56.—School Dental Service Statistics 1969 (Statistics, 1968 shown in brackets)

INSPECTIONS

NUMBER OF VISITS FOR TREATMENT

FILLINGS AND EXTRACTIONS

Table 57.-Tuberculosis-Care and After Care

Table 29.—Maternal & Child Welfare Centres—Activities held as at December 1969 Note: The following Table sets out the sessions held at the various Centres in December, 1969. Changes occur from time to time to meet the need.

Table 29.—Maternal & Child Welfare Centres—Activities held as at December 1969—(continued)