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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table 33.—Child Health Centres
Number of children wh0 attended during the year | Total number of sessi0ns | Total number of attendances | Total medical examinati0ns | Number of children 0n Handicap Register at end of year | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born in 1971 | Born in 1970 | Born in 1966-69 | Total | ||||
2,025 | 1,978 | 2,681 | 6,684 | 1,948 | 35,677 | 12,910 | 484 |
1970 | 7,250 | 2,146 | 39,835 | 14,115 | 363 |
Table 34.—Handicap Register
Year | Total live births | 0n register | Number of children 0n Handicap Register as % of live births |
---|---|---|---|
1965 | 3,952 | 43 | 1.09 |
1966 | 3,651 | 70 | 1.90 |
1967 | 3,550 | 60 | 1.68 |
1968 | 3,180 | 66 | 2.07 |
1969 | 2,899 | 42 | 1.44 |
1970 | 2,765 | 82 | 2.98 |
1971 | 2,621 | 121 | 4.61 |
484 |
Table 35.—Health Visiting
Cases visited by Health Visitors | Number of cases | |
---|---|---|
1 | Children born in 1971 | 2,315 |
2 | Children born in 1970 | 1,71 3 |
3 | Children born in 1966-69 | 3,594 |
4 | Total number of children in lines 1-3 | 7,622 |
5 | Persons aged 65 or 0ver | 1,301 |
6 | Number included in line 5 wh0 were visited at the special request of a G.P. or Hospital | 631 |
7 | Mentally disordered Persons | 73 |
8 | Number included in line 7 wh0 were visited at the special request of a G.P. or Hospital | 22 |
9 | Persons, excluding maternity cases, discharged fr0m Hospital (OTHER than mental Hospitals) | 53 |
10 | Number included in line 9 wh0 were visited at the special request of a G.P. or Hospital | 28 |
11 | Number of tuberculous households visited | 28 |
12 | Number of households visited 0n acc0unt of OTHER infecti0us diseases | 10 |
13 | All OTHER cases | 2,077 |
14 | Number of tuberculous households visited by tubucul0sis visitors | 1,187 |