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
Enfield 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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PERSONAL HEALTH
| (ii) | General | |
| Total attendances at chest clinic during 1972 | 12,420 | |
| New patients during year | 4,450 | |
| New cases of bronchitis | 564 | |
| New cases of carcinoma of the lung | 139 | |
| !iii) | Work of the tuberculosis visitors | |
| Total visits to tuberculous households | 1,229 | |
| Total tuberculous households visited | 356 | |
| Other visits by tuberculosis visitors | 701 |
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| Category of patient | New cases: first attendances | Old cases: first attendances during the year | Re-atten-dances | Total attendances for treatment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elderly persons (over 65 years of age) | 269 | 1,614 | 7,142 | 9,025 | ||
| Physically handicapped | 5 | 14 | 62 | 81 | ||
| Expectant and nursing mothers | 4 | 10 | 17 | 31 | ||
| School children | 8 | 6 | 44 | 58 | ||
| Pre-school children | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||
| Others | 7 | 112 | 383 | 502 | ||
| 294 | 1,756 | 7,648 | 9,698 | |||
| Number of clinic sessions: | 1,732 | |||||
| Domiciliary service | Patients | Treatments | ||||
| (b) | 1,180 | 4,453 | ||||
| (c) | Services provided by voluntary organisations | |||||
| Treated at centres | 831 | 4,444 | ||||
| Domiciliary cases | 248 | 1,513 | ||||
| At private surgeries | 26 | 218 | ||||
| 1,105 | 6,175 | |||||
| Number of sessions at centres: | 574 | |||||