[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough] page 78

Wandsworth 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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TABLE 22 Domiciliary Service

	1971	1970		1971	1970
New cases			Pregnant on referral (advised or for advice after delivery)	14	11
Medical	14	18
Social	140	176
Totals	154	194
Number of children on referral			Termination of pregnancy	4	5
1	13	16	Cervical smears taken	50	55
2	31	34	Cervical smears taken	50	55
3	40	55	First method chosen: Intra-uterine device	57	67
4	23	33
5	16	21
6	13	16	Oral contraceptive	60	77
7	18	19	Cap	5	10
Age of mot referral			Cap	5	10
			Sheath, etc.	10	12
			Advice	22	28
16-20	29	26	Total visits made by doctors	857	967
21-24	33	47
25-29	44	67
30-35	25	28	Total visits made by nurses	1.832	2.007
35+	23	26	Total visits made by nurses	1.832	2.007
Unplanned Dree nancies
Intra-uterine device	5	4	Total number of patients seen by doctors	407	446
Oral contraceptive	8	7
Cap	1	1
Sheath, etc.	6	12
	20	24
				1971	1970
Withdrawn from domiciliary service :
Transferred to local clinics				55	78
Left district, transferred where possible				40	35
Transferred to other domiciliary services				26	11
Discharged (e.g. to care of G.P., gynaecologist, etc.)				11	15
Refused advice				1	2
Termination and sterilisation				8	7
Sterilisation—female				20	12
Vasectomy				3	7
Totals				164	167
Total number of patients referred since April, 1967—873.
Number of patients being advised at 31st December, 1971—374.