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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
Wandsworth 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Detailed statistical information for the year 1969 is given in the following table :—
| Number of clinics held each week | 6 |
| Total number of women examined | 1,922 |
| Average number of women examined at each session | 7 |
| Total number of cases cytologically and clinically negative (healthy women) | 1,039 |
| Total number of cases with morbid conditions | 883* |
| Morbid conditions found :— | |
| (i) positive malignant smears | 27 |
| (ii) cervical erosion | 330 |
| (iii) cervicitis | 130 |
| (iv) cervical polyp | 68 |
| (v) ovarian cyst | 12 |
| (vi) uterine fibroids | 47 |
| (vii) all degrees of prolapse | 26 |
| (viii) vulvo-vaginitis:— | |
| (a) monilia | 41 |
| (b) trichomoniasis | 46 |
| (c) non-specific | 92 |
| (d) other | 63 |
| (ix) other conditions | 31 |
| Total morbid conditions | 913* |
| * Some patients had more than one condition. | |
Occasional Crfeches
These three-hour play sessions are extremely popular with
mothers and children and meet a very real social need. The
recruitment of suitable part-time staff to supervise these sessions
continued to be a problem.
Day nurseries
The demand for day nursery places continues to exceed the
number available and it has been possible to admit only priority
cases at most nurseries. There have been many short-term admissions
during family emergencies which have relieved the anxieties
of parents and often prevented children being taken into the care
of the Council.
Increasingly, requests are made by hospital consultants for parttime
admission of children on the grounds of physical, mental or
social ill-health of children or their parents. It is difficult to fit all