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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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| DAY NURSERIES AND CHILD-MINDERS | ||
|---|---|---|
| DAY NURSERIES | Voluntary Nurseries | Council Nurseries |
| No. of Nurseries | 1 | 4 |
| Capacity | 25 | |
| No. attending at end of year | 25 | 136 |
| Child/day attendances - Under 2 years | - | 8,190 |
| - Over 2 years | 4,270 | 25,138 |
| No. of days open | 237 | 254 |
| Average daily attendance | 131.2 | |
| OTHER PREMISES REGISTERED UNDER NURSERIES AND CHILD MINDERS REGULATION ACT, 1948 | ||
| No. of premises registered at end of year | 24 | |
| Capacity | 464 | |
| CHILD MINDERS | ||
| Statutorily Registered | ||
| No. at 1st January | ||
| Additions during the year | 46 | |
| Deletions during the year | 9 | |
| No. at end of year | 43 | |
| No. of children authorised to be minded at end of year | 79 | |
| CERVICAL CYTOLOGY | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Premises | Number | Sessions | Examinations |
| Council Clinics | 3 | 165 | 1,065 |
| General Practitioners Surgeries | 1 | 37 | 148 |
| Family Planning Clinics | 4 | 202 | 306 |
| Other Slides read in Hospital Laboratories | |||
| Thames Group | Submitted by G. P's. | Hospital | |
| St. Andrew's Hospital | 235 | 913 | |
| East London Group | |||
| Mile End Hospital | 615 | 1, 835 | |
| Other Hospitals in Group | - | 1,123 | |
| London Hospital | - | 6, 761 (Residents of all areas) | |
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