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 1972

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

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Table: TABLE16

TABLE16

ANTE AND POST NATAL SERVICES
No. Ante and Post Natal Sessions Held by:
Medical Officers-
Midwives45
No. women attending for ante natal examination48
No. women attending for post natal examination35
Total attendances348
No. General Practitioners holding sessions in Council clinics4
Mothercraft and Relaxation Classes;
No. women attending (a) Institutionally booked41
(b) Domiciliary booked4
No. attendances211
No. sessions held by Health Visitors48

Table: TABLE 17

TABLE 17

CHILD WELFARE CENTRES
No. premises at end of year14
No. sessions during year held by:
Medical Officers224
Health Visitors73
Sessional General Practitioners1,512
Hospital medical staff52
Total Sessions;1, 861
No. ch ildren attending - bom this year1, 676
- born last year1, 984
- born 1967/702,771
No. attendances of children of all ages32, 132
Average attendance per session17.2

Table: TABLE 18

TABLE 18

PremisesNumberSessionsExaminations
Council Clinics31931,491
General Practitioners Surgeries130104
Family Planning Clinics3287581
Other Slides read in Hospital LaboratoriesSubmitted By G. P'sHospitalOther Hospitals
St. Andrew's Hospital118775108
Mile End Hospital1,3831, 995649
London Hospital7,575 (Ressidents of all areas)

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