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
London County Council 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Persons recommended to obtain treatment are re-examined at intervals after the
initial registration. The number of persons re-examined for this reason in 1957 is shown
in Table (iii).
Table (iii)
| No. of persons re-examined | 167 | 51 | - | 205 | 423 |
| No. found to have had treatment | 125 | 44 | - | 122 | 291 |
| Percentage treated | 74.9 | 86.2 | - | 59.5 | 68.7 |
As a consequence of successful treatment, 35 persons previously registered as blind
were found, on re-examination, to be partially-sighted and 28 persons previously
certified as blind or partially-sighted were found to be improved to such an extent as
no longer to justify registration.
Figures for ophthalmia neonatorum are given on page 17.
Registration of nursing homes
| Register at beginning of year | 41 | 39 |
| New homes registered | 1 | - |
| Registrations cancelled—voluntary closure | 3 | 1 |
| Registered at end of year | 39 | 38 |
| Inspections : | ||
| medical officers | 60 | 51 |
| public health inspectors | 102 | 96 |
| Homes exempted from registration | 37 | 39 |
f Each bed is registered for a maternity, medical or surgical case.
* Numbers include beds for medical and surgical patients which cannot be used if a maternity patient is accommodated
in the same room.
Welfare Committee establishments
Medical supervision of establishments of all types under the control of the Welfare
Committee was continued. During visits attention is given inter alia to the adequacy
of arrangements for residents to receive dental and ophthalmic treatment with particular
reference to long stay cases.
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The registered homes provided the following accommodation :
| Number of beds in home | Number of homes | Patients accommodated | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternityf | Others* | Total | ||
| 25 or over | 9 | 209 | 216 | 425 |
| 20 to 24 | 5 | 25 | 85 | 110 |
| 15 to 19 | 7 | 20 | 95 | 115 |
| 10 to 14 | 9 | 37 | 74 | 111 |
| 5 to 9 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 45 |
| Under 5 | 2 | - | 5 | 5 |
| Total | 38 | 313 | 498 | 811 |