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
Romford 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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(iv) Ante-natal and Post-natal Clinics.
Six Ante-natal sessions are held each week, and two Post-natal
sessions are held per month. Mothers have again been referred, if
necessary, to the Consultative Clinic at Oldchurch Hospital.
During the year 753 individual expectant mothers attended the
Ante-natal Clinics. In addition ten mothers attended for Postnatal
advice.
In all, 283 Ante-natal sessions were held. The total number of
attendances of the 753 Ante-Natal mothers mentioned above was
3,219, giving an average of 4.3 attendances per patient. The average
number attending at each session was 11.4. Twenty-three Postnatal
sessions were held, and 288 attendances were recorded. The
average number attending at each session was 11.2.
(v) Child Welfare Clinics
Twelve Child Welfare sessions are now held each week. Altogether
there were 592 sessions, and the following table gives a
summarv of the attendances :-
TABLE 6
| Individual children attending | 4,157 |
| Children under one year attending for the first time | 1,543 |
| Medical consultations | 5,662 |
| Attendances of children under one year | 19,215 |
| Attendances of children between the ages of one and five years | 7.699 |
| Average attendance per session | 45.5 |
(vi) Health Visitors
At the end of the year there were ten Health Visitors. The
majority of these also carried out duties as School Nurses, and
several of them also acted as Tuberculosis Nurses.
Table 7 relates to Home Visits paid by the Health Visitors
under their duties in connection with Maternal and Child Welfare.
TABLE 7
| (a) | To Expectant Mothers— | |
| First Visits | 212 | |
| Total Visits | 257 | |
| (b) | To Children under one year of age— First Visits | 2,464 |
| Total Visits | 6,182 | |
| (c) | To Children between the ages of one and five years— Total Visits | 9,417 |
During the course of the year 1 communicated with all General
Practitioners and told them that the Health Visitors were prepared