Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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TABLE 21 FAMILY PLANNING SERVICE
Attendances at Sessions held at Clinics in the borough during the year.
Premises | New Cases | Old Patients | Total Patients | Total Visits | No. of Sessions. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Council Clinics | |||||
St. Georges | 180 | - | 180 | 650 | 76 |
Island | 189 | - | 189 | 804 | 74 |
Greenwood | 269 | - | 269 | 903 | 96 |
Leopold Street | 426 | - | 426 | 1, 542 | 102 |
Family Planning Asso ciation Clinics | |||||
Domiciliary Service | 76 | - | 76 | - | - |
Underwood Road | 452 | 766 | 1,218 | 2,545 | 171 |
Wapping | 25 | 47 | 72 | 193 | 24 |
Wellington Way | 241 | 346 | 587 | 1, 400 | 92 |
Totals | 1, 858 | 1,159 | 3,017 | 8, 037 | 635 |
1971 Statistics | 1,371 | 1,201 | 2,662 | 7, 103 | 572 |
TABLE 22 HEALTH VISITING
No. Visited | No. of Visits | |
---|---|---|
Children bom this year | 2,050 ) | 34, 974 |
" " under 5 | 7,533 ) | |
Aged persons | 561 | 1,756 |
Mentally disordered persons | 59 | 620 |
Tuberculous households | 12 | 48 |
Households on account of other infectious diseases | 34 | 111 |
Other Cases | 2,785 | 3,618 |
Visits to expectant and nursing mothers | - | 2, 058 |
Total effective visits | 43,185 | |
Unsuccessful visits | 8,416 |
TABLE 23 PREMATURE BIRTHS
Born in Hospital | Born at Home or in Nursing Home | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1972 | 1971 | 1970 | 1969 | 1972 | 1971 1970 | 1969 | |
No. of Births | 156 | 166 | 211 | 211 | 7 | 10 9 | 5 |
Died within 24 hours | 5 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | - |
Died within 1/28 days | 10 | 7 | 8 | 11 | - | - | 1 |
Premature still births | 18 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 2 |
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