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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 1969

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

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Table: TABLE 16

TABLE 16

ANTE AND POST NATAL SERVICES
No. Ante and Post Natal Sessions held by:
Medical Officers27
Midwives49
Sessional General Practitioners61
No. women attending for ante natal examination236
No. women attending for post natal examination115
Total attendances824
No. General Practitioners holding sessions in Council clinics4
Mothercraft and Relaxation Classes:
No. women attending (a) Institutionally booked76
(b) Domiciliary booked~
No. attendances331
No. sessions held by Health Visitors59

Table: TABLE 17

TABLE 17

CHILD WELFARE CENTRES
No. premises at end of year14
No. sessions during year held by:
Medical Officers112
Health Visitors164
Sessional General Practitioners1,691
Hospital medical staff51
Total sessions:2, 018
No. children attending - born this year2,178
- born last year2,451
- born 1966-73,124
No. attendances of children of all ages41,387
Average attendance per session20.5
No. children referred elsewhere452

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