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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

Tower Hamlets 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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Table: TABLE 15 ANTE AND POST NATAL SERVICES

TABLE 15 ANTE AND POST NATAL SERVICES

No. Ante and Post Natal Sessions held by:
Medical officers-
Midwives49
Sessional general practitioners152
No. women attending for ante natal examination219
No. women attending for post natal examination169
Total attendances1,693
No. general practitioners holding sessions in Council clinics7
Mothercraft and Relaxation Classes:
No. women attending (a) institutionally booked251
(b) Domiciliary booked-
No. attendances1,656
No. sessions held by health visitors198

Table: CHILD WELFARE CLINICS

CHILD WELFARE CLINICS

No. clinic premises at end of year14
No. sessions during year held by:
Medical officers216
Health visitors213
Sessional general practitioners1,531
Hospital medical staff52
Total sessions:2,012
No. children attending - born this year2,949
- born last year3,024
- born 1961-43,770
No. attendances of children of all ages56,789
Average attendance per session28.2
No. children referred elsewhere668
No. children on observation register at end of year1,930