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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| Domestic Help Service | Night At tendance Service | |
|---|---|---|
| First visits to homes: | 696 | 15 |
| Re - visits to homes: | ||
| (a) Domestic help present | 412 | _ |
| (b) Night attendant present | - | - |
| (c) Help/Attendant not present | 3,081 | 46 |
| Other visits | 192 | 2 |
Help provided
| Mater-nity | Acute sick | Tuber-culo-sis | Chronic Sick | Aged not sick | Others | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aged | Others | |||||||
| Requests for help from new cases during the year | 99 | 43 | 5 | 365 | 50 | 6 | 7 | 575 |
| Cases not eligible for assistance or not requiring service | 14 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 81 |
| New cases helped during the year | 85 | 39 | 4 | 319 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 496 |
| Total cases completed during the year (a) | 83 | 39 | 10 | 365 | 52 | 4 | 7 | 560 |
| Cases being helped at end of year who have received help for: | ||||||||
| Under 3 months | 2 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 4 | 1 | - | 75 |
| 3-5 months (incl.) | - | 2 | 2 | 50 | 5 | - | - | 59 |
| 6-11 months (incl.) | - | 3 | 2 | 89 | 7 | 2 | - | 103 |
| 12 months & over | - | 12 | 623 | 69 | 3 | - | 707 | |
| Total (b) | 2 | 7 | 17 | 827 | 85 | 6 | - | 944 |
| Total cases helped during the year (i e. total of (a) and (b)) | 85 | 46 | 27 | 1,192 | 137 | 10 | 7 | 1.504 |
| Hours of help provided during the year. | 2,972 | 1,250% | 2,932 | 154,334 | 16. 069 | 568 | 707 | 178.833ΒΌ |