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 London County Council]
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Registered at end of the year | No. of children minded | |
---|---|---|
Statutory | 8(7) | 29 (26) |
Voluntary | 142 (140) | 133 (131) |
Home help service
Three areas employed the equivalent of 141 whole time home helps.
No. of cases receiving service at end of the year—1,621 (1,634).
Foot clinics
Three centres provided 3,207 sessions in the year. Attendances—23,642 (23,208).
Primary | Re-vaccinations | |
---|---|---|
4,144 (4,277) | 250 (704) | |
3,082 (3,492) | 202 (357) | |
3,665 (3,898) | 2,862 (4,989) | |
Persons given two injections—19,093 (6,605) |
Type of session | No. of sessions a year | No. of new cases | No. of attendances |
---|---|---|---|
Vision | 830 | 5,270 (5,703) | 14,208 (13,472) |
E.N.T....... | 31 | 137 (134) | 282 (300) |
Audiology | 47 | 234 (211) | 374 (334) |
Special Investigation | 341 | 367 (282) | 2,809 (2,551) |
Minor Ailments doctor | 241 | 3,274 (4,287) | 34,638 (48,013) |
Routine | 26,700 (16,113) | Special | 12,280 (12,574) |
Re-inspections | 9,632 (8,942) | Nurses hygiene | 98,500 (113,092) |
(ii) Audiometry No. of children given: | |||
Sweep test | 9,626 (-) | Pure tone test | 561 (937) |
Patients receiving diversional therapy at home | 40 (48) |
DIVISION 4, comprising the boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke
Newington.
Dr. S. King reports:
Woodberry
Down health
centre
The services provided at the health centre have been maintained during the year,
apart from a reduction of 11 general dental sessions owing to the withdrawal by the
London Executive Council of their second dental officer in March, 1958, and the
departure of the dental hygienist at the end of 1957.
One additional ophthalmologist's session was established during the year and four
additional dental sessions for schoolchildren.
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