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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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| Maternity | Acute Sick | Tuberculosis | Chronic Sick | Aged not Sick | Others | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aged | Others | |||||||
| Requests for help from new cases during the year | 71 | 41 | 6 | 435 | 59 | 9 | 22 | 643 |
| New cases helped during the year | 51 | 38 | 5 | 382 | 48 | 6 | 17 | 547 |
| Total cases completed during the year (a) | 49 | 39 | 4 | 303 | 45 | 9 | 10 | 459 |
| Cases being helped at end of year who have received help for - | ||||||||
| Under 3 months | 3 | 4 | - | 64 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 88 |
| 3-5 months | - | - | 2 | 64 | 5 | 1 | - | 72 |
| 6-11 months | - | - | 1 | 128 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 146 |
| 12months and over | - | — | 2 | 497 | 55 | 10 | 3 | 567 |
| Total (b) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 753 | 81 | 16 | 11 | 873 |
| Total cases helped during the year (a) plus (b) | 52 | 43 | 9 | 1056 | 126 | 25 | 21 | 1332 |
| Hours of help provided during the year | 2,097 | 1,468 | 1,420 | 153,592 | 18,890 | 4,103 | 4,070 | 185, 640 |
MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF STAFF
County Council employees:-
Number of medical examinations -
(a) Entrants to County Council's service 170
(b) Retirement on Superannuation
(c) Other purposes (including entrants to
Teaching Profession and Training Colleges) 27
No. of medical examinations
Leyton Borough Council 177
Others 4
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