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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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authorised the continuance of the provision of free domestic help for all certified cases
of toxaemia of pregnancy requiring such assistance.
The amount of help for these cases varies from full-time to two hours daily and
the cases are referred by maternity hospitals, general practitioners, midwives, or
clinic doctors. In all cases medical certificates are required at 28 day intervals.
During the year there were six beneficiaries of this service.
Number of Helps and hours worked:-
Number of domestic helps enrolled at end of year -
Whole-time helps 8
Regular part-time helps 176
Number of hours worked during the year 186,936
Work of Domestic Help Organisers:-
| (1) | (2) | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) First visits | 252 | 418 | 670 |
| (2) Revisits to beneficiaries- | |||
| (a) Domestic help present | 372 | 257 | 629 |
| (b) Domestic help not present | 1352 | 929 | 2281 |
| (3) Other visits | 325 | 724 | 1049 |
| Total visits | 2301 | 2328 | 4629 |
| Aged 65 and over | Maternity | Chronic Sick under 65 | Others under 65 | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requests for help from new cases during the year | 492 | 64 | 67 | 59 | 682 |
| New cases helped during the year. | 420 | 51 | 54 | 42 | 567 |
| Total cases completed during the year | 342 | 51 | 43 | 37 | 473 |
| Cases being helped at | 869 | 3 | 80 | 17 | 969 |
| Total cases helped during the year | 1211 | 54 | 123 | 54 | 1442 |
| Hours of help provided | 167,768 | 1,814 | 12,141 | 5,213 | 186,936 |
MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF STAFF
County Council employees:-
Number of medical examinations-
(a) Entrants to County Council's service 168
(b) Retirement on Superannuation 3
(c) Other purposes (including entrants to
Teaching Profession and Training Colleges) 90
No. of/Medical
Examinations
Leyton Borough Council 165
Others 1
(53)