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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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HOSPITAL REPORT — 1948
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May. | June. | July. | Aug | . Sep. | Oct. | Nov | Dec. | Total | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases of— | |||||||||||||||
| Ophtdalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 0.08 percent | (Relative to total number of living infants (1165)) | |
| Ante-natal Clinics— | |||||||||||||||
| (a) New cases | 106 | 102 | 71 | 114 | 96 | 82 | 91 | 114 | 148 | 132 | 96 | 107 | 1.259 | Each patient made an | |
| (b) Old cases | 743 | 671 | 660 | 762 | 685 | 702 | 709 | 690 | 744 | 716 | 705 | 805 | 8,592 | average of 7.6 attendances | |
| TOTALS | 849 | 773 | 731 | 876 | 781 | 784 | 800 | 804 | 892 | 848 | 801 | 912 | 9,851 | ||
| Post-natal Clinics— | |||||||||||||||
| (a) New cases | 76 | 71 | 80 | 69 | 54 | 68 | 69 | 95 | 59 | 67 | 69 | 52 | 829 | 70.08 percent | (Relative to number of patients confined (1183)) |
| (b) Old cases | 35 | 30 | 50 | 38 | 37 | 52 | 26 | 36 | 30 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 440 | ||
| TOTALS | 111 | 101 | 130 | 107 | 91 | 120 | 95 | 131 | 89 | 102 | 105 | 87 | 1,269 | ||