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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1961 | 1962 | 1963 | |
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Number of medical examinations | 14,410 | 14,265 | 14,186 |
Number of recommendations without medical examination | 1,384 | 1,111 | 1,138 |
Number of follow-ups (i.e. usually hospital or specialist reports) | 5,292 | 5,541 | 5,120 |
Number of medical examinations carried out for other authorities | 135 | 125 | 148 |
Total | 21,221 | 21,042 | 20,592 |
Candidates for employment | 11,388 | 11,536 | 11,853 |
Following prolonged sick leave | 2,993 | 3,010 | 3,356 |
Following accident on duty | 541 | 470 | 375 |
Fitness for duty (e.g. approaching confinement leave, special duties) | 570 | 659 | 422 |
Eligibility for spouse pension | 86 | 80 | 89 |
Total | 15,578 | 15,755 | 16,095 |
Candidates examined for the Council by other authorities | 72 | 104 | 157 |
Staff casualties dealt with in the medical inspection rooms at County Hall | 863 | 1,058 | 1,017 |
1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | |
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Contacts | 167 | 205 | 118 | 114 | 212 |
III | 302 | 419 | 307 | 375 | 553 |
Allowed to resume work after examination or fixed period of exclusion | 451 | 578 | 406 | 444 | 728 |
Resigned, retired or died | 8 | 23 | 16 | 28 | 28 |
Excluded from work and referred to own doctor for treatment | 10 | 23 | 3 | 17 | 9 |
The nine cases referred to their doctor had been found to have the following microorganisms :
Condition | Organism isolated |
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Discharging ears convalescent | |
Enteritis convalescent | |
Food poisoning convalescent | |
Gastro-enteritis convalescents (3) | |
Scarlet fever contacts (3) |
Staff training
Recruitment training—There are two schemes, one for health visitors and the other for
day nursery nursing staff, under which students are recruited and trained at the expense of
the Council. For the health visitor students the University of London Institute of Education,
Battersea College of Technology and the Royal College of Nursing have provided theoretical
instruction: 56 of these students were undergoing training at the end of the year. The 205
day nursery students in training at the end of the year were receiving their theoretical
instruction at Brixton Day College or the North-Western Polytechnic.
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