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
Haringey 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Haringey]
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5 Years Domiciliary Family Planning in Haringey—February 1968—February 1973
Total number of referrals for 5 years =760
Number of referrals for 1972/73 =205
Carrying case load =447
17 per month
The figures for 1972/1973 will be looked at and compared alongside those for the years 1968/1973 inclusive
| Out of 205 cases | 1972/1973 | Out of 760 cases | 1968/1973 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male sterilisation | 15 | 85 | ||
| Female sterilisation | 13 | 107 | ||
| Those moved away | 11 | 59 | ||
| Own method (coitus interruptus) | 5 | 33 | (31 visited regularly) | |
| Transferred to clinic | ||||
| Failure | 5 | |||
| Oral contraceptive | 72 | 191 | ||
| IUD | 36 | (of these two regularly visited; others attend clinic) | 132 | |
| Sheath | 29 | 84 | ||
| Cap | 3 | 7 | ||
| Pregnant at present | 9 | 18 | ||
| Not settled on method | 5 | 15 | ||
| (+ 1 patient died — back-street abortion) | ||||
Thus out of 205 cases referred for year 1972/1973 154 continue to be visited and out of 760 cases referred for
years 1968/1973 447 continue to be visited, of which 293 are from previous years.
Characteristics of families referred
| Total number of children for 205 cases | 603 | for 706 cases 2,768 (including 56 children born to families during 5 years) that is 3.6 children per family |
| Number of children dead | 8 | 77 |
| Number of still births | 10 | 44 |
| Number of spontaneous abortions | 55 | 169 |
| Number of terminations | 26 | 79 |
| 99 | 369 |
Therefore total number of pregnancies=3,137—that is 4.1 pregnancies per family.
Total number of children in care 63
| Marital Status | ||
| Married | 134 | 566 |
| Single | 147 | |
| Divorced or separated | 5 | 47 |
| 205 | 760 |
Thus there were 194 one parent families—that is over ¼ of the families.
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