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 Barking]
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The following table shows the help given to various categories during 1957 and 1958:—
Category | Cases Helped | Hours of Service | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1957 | 1958 | 1957 | 1958 | |
Maternity | 47 | 47 | 3,524 | 3,454 |
Acute Sick | 25 | 12 | 1,833 | 823 |
Tuberculosis | 22 | 21 | 4,009 | 4,552 |
Chronic Sick | 106 | 106 | 20,769 | 24,351 |
Aged chronic sick | 225 | 255 | 37,851 | 49,273 |
Aged | 153 | 106 | 29,139 | 20,490 |
Others | 3 | 3 | 411 | 844 |
581 | 550 | 97,536 | 103,787 |
Diphtheria and Whooping Cough Immunisation
The number of children receiving primary courses of immunisation
during the year was as follows:—
DIPHTHERIA
Family doctors | Clinics | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Separate | 308 | 651 | 1,159 |
Combined with whooping cough | 239 | - | 239 |
Total diphtheria | 547 | 651 | 1,198 |
WHOOPING COUGH
Family doctors | Clinics | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Separate | 95 | 302 | 397 |
Combined with diphtheria | 239 | — | 239 |
Total whooping cough | 334 | 302 | 636 |
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