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 Leyton]
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During the year 5,117 attendances were made, an average of 5.27 attendances per patient.
First Attendances (new cases). | Subsequent Attendances. | Total Attendances. | Average No. of Visits per Patient. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Per cent. | ||||
Males | 87 | 1,078 | 1,165 | 22.77 | 5.00 |
Females | 253 | 3,424 | 3,677 | 71.86 | 5.44 |
Children | 47 | 228 | 275 | 5.37 | 4.44 |
Total | 387 | 4,730 | 5,117 | — | 5.27 |
During the year the numbers of persons who received free treatment was 130, 33.59 per cent, of the total number of new cases.
First Attendances (new cases). | Subsequent Attendances. | Total Attendances. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |
Old age pensioners | 32 | 53 | 712 | 1,384 | 744 | 1,437 |
Unemployed | 6 | 8 | 86 | 290 | 102 | 298 |
Widows | — | 31 | — | 656 | — | 687 |
Totals | 38 | 92 | 808 | 2,330 | 846 | 2,422 |