Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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Attendances at the weekly sessions held at two clinics in the Borough totalled 2, 621, as follows:-
Underwood Road Clinic | Wellington Way Clinic | TOTAL | |
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New cases | 189 | 135 | 324 |
Transfers | 44 | 27 | 71 |
Second visits | 143 | 100 | 243 |
Check visits | 723 | 443 | 1166 |
For supplies | 496 | 321 | 817 |
Total Visits | 1595 | 1026 | 2621 |
First visits to children born 1965 | 3,732 |
„ „ „ „ „ 1964 | 2,799 |
„ „ „ „ „ 1961.3 | 6,878 |
Persons over 65 | 198 |
Mentally disordered persons | 47 |
Persons excluding maternity cases discharged from hospital (other than mental hospitals) | 55 |
Tuberculous households | 27 |
Total unsuccessful visits | 9,436 |
Total effective visits | 44,488 |
No. of Premature Live Births | No. died within 24 hours | No. died in 1-28 days | No. of Premature Stillbirths |
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Born in Hospital 253 | 9 | 23 | 34 |
Born and nursed at home or in nursing home 11 | - | - | 1 |