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
Walthamstow 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| Diagnosis only | 8 | |
| Diagnosis and advice | 26 | |
| Diagnosis and referred for treatment | 30 | 64 |
| Treatment cases 1945 | 59 | |
| Carried forward from 1944 | 29 | |
| New cases 1945 | 30 | |
| 59 | ||
| Current treatment cases | 17 | |
| Treatment waiting list | 23 | |
| Closed during 1945 | 14 | |
| Treatment recommended but not cooperative | 5 | |
| 59 | ||
| Of the closed cases:— | ||
| Adjusted | 3 | |
| Improved | 4 | |
| Interrupted (non-co-operative but improved) | 4 | |
| Left district | 3 | |
| 14 | ||
| Diagnostic waiting list | 54 | |
| Treatment waiting list | 23 | |
The 59 cases referred to during 1945 as having only received
partial treatment represent educational and vocational cases which
did not call for a full diagnosis.
Table of Sources of Referral.
| Medical Officer of Health and School Medical | |
| Officers | 73 |
| Welfare Centres | 3 |
| Hospitals | 4 |
| Private Doctors | 3 |
| Magistrates and Probation Officers | 6 |
| Director of Education and Attendance Department | 12 |
| Out-district | 6 |
| Head Teachers | 57 |
| Other agencies | 4 |
| Number of Diagnostic interviews | 64 |
| Number of Treatments | 92 |
| Number of interviews | 336 |
| Number of Home visits | 171 |
| Visits to Institutions, Doctors, Ministers, etc. | 30 |