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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For Ante-natal Examination | For Post-natal Examination | Medical Officers | Mid wives | Medical Officer Sessions | Midwives Sessions | |
| 1969 | 922 | 1,067 | 402 | 45 | 4,574 | 92 |
| 1968 | 941 | 130 | 500 | 121 | 4,058 | 345 |
Table 31 .—Mothercraft and Ante-Natal Exercises
| 1969 | 1968 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total number of women who attended during the year | 740 | 583 |
| Total number of attendances during the year | 2,897 | 2,733 |
| Total number of sessions during the year | 311 | 268 |
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 | ||||
| 2,220 | 2,557 | 3,432 | 8,209 | 2,195 | 43,486 | 16,301 | 385 |
| 1968 | 8,218 | 2,122 | 42,669 | 19,406 | *830 | ||
| *Oberservation ("at risk") register discontinued | |||||||
Table 33.—Health Visiting
| Cases visited by Health Visitors | Number of cases | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children born in 1969 | 2,534 |
| 2 | Children born in 1968 | 2,308 |
| 3 | Children born in 1964-67 | 5,129 |
| 4 | Total number of children in lines 1-3 | 9,971 |
| 5 | Persons aged 65 or over | 721 |
| 6 | Number included in line 5 who were visited at the special request of a G.P. or hospital | 462 |
| 7 | Mentally disordered persons | 65 |
| 8 | Number included in line 7 who were visited at the special request of aG.P.or hospital | 41 |
| 9 | Persons, excluding maternity cases, discharged from hospital (other than mental hospitals) | 127 |
| 10 | Number included in line 9 who were visited at the special request of a G. P. or hospital | 103 |
| 11 | Number of tuberculous households visited | 56 |
| 12 | Number of households visited on account of other infectious diseases | 41 |
| 13 | All other cases | 2,350 |
| 14 | Number of tuberculous households visited by tuberculosis visitors | 1,264 |