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
Havering 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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by the Chest Physician. Five new patients were recommended
for a grant of milk during the year and the total number of patients
who received milk during the year was 72. This was a reduction
of 14 compared with the previous year.
Medical arrangements for long stay immigrants
During the year information was received from various Port
Health Authorities in respect of 89 long stay immigrants who were
stated to be proceeding to addresses in this Borough. This is a
decrease of 40 on the previous year.
In 57 cases, successful contact was made and appropriate
advice given on health matters, of the remainder 29 were coming
to this country to work in one of the five local hospitals and in
these cases no contact is made with them as their place of
domicile is under the control of the Regional Hospital Board.
The countries where the passports of these long stay immigrants were issued were as follows: —
| Caribbean | 35 |
| India | 7 |
| Pakistan | 10 |
| Other Asian | 24 |
| African | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
| N on-Commonwealth | |
| European | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
| TOTAL | 89 |
Smallpox Contacts
Only three passengers who had arrived in this country from
overseas and whose destination was an address in this Borough
were referred to the Department during the year for surveillance.
These passengers had arrived at airports/ports in this
country from areas where smallpox was said to be endemic and
did not hold valid certificates of vaccination against smallpox.
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