London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table 43.—School Health Service The table below shows the grades and numbers (full-time equivalents as at 31 December, 1971) of staff empl0yed 0n School health work in the City of Westminster together with the Totals for the Inner London Education Authority as a wh0le
| Grade | FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPL0YEES AS AT 31 DECEMBER, 1971 IN: | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Westminster | Inner London Education Authority 1971 | Inner London Education Authority 1970 | |
| Medical — M.0.'s & G.P.'s (excluding for the bor0ughs, centrally-directed C0nsultants and Specialists) | 3.53 | 94.39 | 98.80 |
| Nursing (all categories of staff) | 10.79 | 265.16 | 253.60 |
| Speech Therapists (centrally-directed) | 1.10 | 37.50 | 29.40 |
| S0cial Workers | 5.60 | 54.68 | 71.50 |
| Dental officers | 4.94 | 85.68 | 85.84 |
| Dental Auxiliaries | 1.00 | 17.81 | 11.08 |
| Dental Surgery Assistants | 4.57 | 105.45 | 95.50 |
| Dental Technicians | — | 7.50 | 8.60 |
| Dental Health Education officers | — | 2.00 | 1.00 |
Table 44.—School Medical inspections (excluding Dental and Health Surveys) 1971
| City of Westminster | Inner London Education Authority | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1970 | ||
| 22,358 | 424,890 | 423,578 | |
| Number inspected | 8,216 | 157,966 | 160,516 |
| Number Found not to warrant examinati0n (7 plus specials scheme) | ø | ø | 674 |
| Parent present | 42.7 | 52.7 | 52.4 |
| Care C0mmittee present | 78.7 | 54.5 | 61.7 |
| N0. vaccinated against smallpox | 73.6 | 67.9 | 69.1 |
| N0. immunised against diphtheria | 90.5 | 89.4 | 88.9 |
| N0. immunised against wh00ping c0ugh | 84.7 | 83.9 | 82.1 |
| N0. vaccinated against Poliomyelitis | 90.6 | 89.4 | 88.5 |
| Physical c0nditi0n unsatisfactory | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Referred for treatment of defects | 16.1 | 16.0 | 16.5 |
| Referred for treatment of defects OTHER than Vision | 6.8 | 8.1 | 8.9 |
| (i) Specials | 2,631 | 47,816 | 48,096 |
| (ii) Re-inspections | 4,489 | 69,718 | 69,513 |
| Total (i) and (ii) | 7,120 | 117,534 | 117,609 |
| N0. of routine inspections as percentage of School roll | 36.7 | 37.6 | 37.6 |
| N0. of Non-routine inspections as percentage of School roll | 31.8 | 27.7 | 27.8 |
| ø Figures not available | |||