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London County Council 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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PREVENTION OF ILLNESS: CARE AND AFTER-CARE

Table: ChiropodyThe following tables show the attendances at the Council's foot clinics since 1958, with an analysis according to age groups:New cases and attendances

Chiropody

The following tables show the attendances at the Council's foot clinics since 1958, with an analysis according to age groups:

New cases and attendances

YearNew casesAttendancesStaff at the end of the year (in terms of whole units)
19586,994172,00544.2
19597,074169,84746.2
19609,405186,73557.7
196110,379196,78855.6
19628,575192,50057.7

Table: Analysis in age groups of treatment given at clinics

Analysis in age groups of treatment given at clinics

Group19581959196019611962
Children 0-4 years10013712911778
5-14 years6,3816,3907,0626,5996,549
Males 15-64 years14,80514,44214,76614,07612,237
65 years and over15,43515,41017,61319,67520,106
Females 15-59 years59,21756,58157,98055,23749,957
60 years and over76,06776,88789,185101,084103,573
Total172,005169,847186,735196,788192,500

Table: Recuperative holidaysAdmissions to recuperative holiday homes

Recuperative holidays

Admissions to recuperative holiday homes

19581959196019611962
Expectant and nursing mothers1111231099580
Other adults2,2892,4572,1752,1832,137
Children under 5 not at school575571512479439
School and nursery school children2,5072,5972,3572,1382,089
5,4825,7485,1534,8954,745

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The Council maintains a recuperative holiday home at Littlehampton, Sussex, for
36 children from 3 to 8 years of age and leases another home at Bognor Regis, Sussex,
for 44 children from 8 to 15 years old. Children who could not be accommodated in these
homes, and all adults, have been placed in homes under private ownership or maintained
by voluntary organisations. Roland House, Littlehampton was used exclusively for children
from homeless families in Welfare department establishments for the first 14 weeks of
1962. During this period 229 children were given a recuperative holiday.
Health education
A very full description of the health education work of the department was given in my
annual report for 1961.
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