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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| 1972/1973 | 1968/1973 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Practitioners | 4 | 14 | ||
| District Midwife | 2 | 3 | ||
| Probation Officer | 1 | 3 | ||
| Health Visitor—Islington | 1 | 1 | ||
| Barnet Domiciliary | 1 | 5 | ||
| Enfield Domiciliary | 1 | 0 | ||
| Family Planning Clinic | 1 | 4 | ||
| Self referral | 37 | 72 | 54 | 203 |
| 205 | 759 | |||
| NSPCC | 0 | 1 | ||
| 205 | 760 | |||
Choice of method of different nationalities
| Sterilisation | OC | IUD | Sheath | Cap | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | |||||
| United Kingdom | 67 | 42 | 105 | 35 | 18 | 1 |
| West Indian | 53 | 63 | 64 | 39 | 3 | |
| Irish | 7 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 15 | — |
| Greek Cypriot | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | — | |
| Turkish Cypriot | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | |
| Italian | — | |||||
| Nigerian | — | — | 3 | — | ||
| Chinese | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Iraqii | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ghanian | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Indian | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 85 | 107 | 191 | 132 | 84 | 7 | |
Failure to take advice=5 (1972/1973)
Three mentioned in the last report as failures ended up accepting birth control, one being an unmarried mother
with 7 children.
Characteristics of 5 'failures'
2 English (one had 4 children
one had 8, and felt birth control was 'against nature')
2 West Indians—unmarried mothers with one child each
1 Irish with 5 children
The 5 women had a total of 19 children.
Characteristics of those sterilised for year 1972/1973—this includes those referred to the service in previous
years who chose to be sterilised in 1972/1973.
Female=30
| Nationality | Ages | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| English | 14 | 21-25 | 10 |
| West Indian | 11 | 26-30 | 12 |
| Irish | 31+ | ||
| Indian | |||
| Italian |