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
Leyton 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Help Provided
| Maternity | Acute Sick | Tuberculosis | Chronic Sick | Aged not Sick | Others | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aged | Others | |||||||
| Requests for help from new cases during the year | 86 | 33 | 5 | 394 | 51 | 7 | 5 | 581 |
| New cases helped during the year | 67 | 29 | 5 | 319 | 51 | 8 | 8 | 487 |
| Total cases completed during the year (a) | 70 | 20 | 4 | 331 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 473 |
| Cases being helped at end of year who have received help for | ||||||||
| Under 3 months | 1 | 7 | - | 42 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 62 |
| 3-6 months | - | - | 49 | 10 | 1 | - | 60 | |
| 6-12 months | - | 1 | 2 | 98 | 12 | 3 | - | 116 |
| Over 12 months | - | - | 3 | 479 | 49 | 14 | 2 | 547 |
| Total (b) | 1 | 8 | 5 | 668 | 80 | 19 | 4 | 785 |
| Total cases helped during the year (a) plus (b) | 71 | 28 | 9 | 999 | 117 | 23 | 11 | 1258 |
| Hours of help provided during the year | 3,735 | 1,084 | 2,159 | 146,823 | 17,095 | 3,668 | 3,391 | 177,955 |
MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF STAFF
| County Council employees:- | |
| Number of medical examinations- | |
| (a) Entrants to County Council's service | 160 |
| (b) Retirement on Superannuation | 2 |
| (c) Other purposes (including entrants to Teaching Profession and Training Colleges | 17 |
| No. of medical examinations | |
| Leyton Borough Council | 95 |
| Others | 1 |
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