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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 1967

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

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Table: TABLE 16ANTE AND POST NATAL SERVICES

TABLE 16

ANTE AND POST NATAL SERVICES

No. Ante and Post Natal Sessions held by:
Medical officers-
Midwives50
Sessional general practitioners152
No. women attending for ante natal examination189
No. women attending for post natal examination175
Total attendances1,437
No. general practitioners holding sessions in Council clinics6
Mothercraft and Relaxation Classes:
No. women attending (a) Institutionally booked207
(b) Domiciliary booked3
No. attendances1, 452
No. sessions held by health visitors CHILD WELFARE CLINICS162
No. clinic premises at end of year14
No. sessions during year held by:
Medical officers200
Health visitors- 196
Sessional general practitioners1,568
Hospital medical staff52
Total sessions:2,016
No. children attending - born this year2,631
- bom last year2,684
- born 1962-53,626
No. attendances of children of all ages52,008
Average attendance per session25. 7
No. children referred elsewhere733
No. children on observation register at end of year2,713

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