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

Tower Hamlets 1968

[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-
Midwives49
Sessional General Practitioners93
No. women attending for ante natal examination167
No. women attending for post natal examination108
Total attendances1,041
No. General Practitioners holding sessions in Council clinics4
Mothercraft and Relaxation Classes:
No. women attending(a) Institutionally booked131
(b) Domiciliary booked2
No. attendances881
No. sessions held by Health Visitors122

Table: TABLE 17CHILD WELFARE CENTRES

TABLE 17

CHILD WELFARE CENTRES

No. premises at end of year14
No. sessions during year held by:
Medical Officers86
Health Visitors181
Sessional General Practitioners1,687
Hospital medical staff51
Total sessions:2,005
No. children attending - born this year2,379
- born last year2,695
- born 1963-63,418
No. attendances of children of all ages44,966
Average attendance per session22.4
No. children referred elsewhere599

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