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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 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: Place of Confinement

Place of Confinement

During the year, Walthamstow Mothers were confined as follows
Forest Gate Hospital24
Mother s (Salvation Army) Hospital,Clapton170
North Middlesex Hospital, Edmonton18
Thorpe Coombe Maternity Hospital855
Wanstead Hospital36
Other Hospitals or Nursing Homes82
Total1,185
At Home;
Council Midwife present508
Family doctor but not Council Midwife
present-
Total Confined1,693

Table: Section 24. HEALTH VISITINGDuring the year the Health Visitors made 17,883 visits to homes -

Section 24. HEALTH VISITING

During the year the Health Visitors made 17,883 visits to homes -

HEALTH VISITING
Cases visited for the first time in the current year
(a) children born in 1958899
" " " 19591,059
" " " 19601,181
" " " 19611,606
" " " 19621,810
" " " 19631,899
(b) persons aged 65 or over1,533
(c) others (excluding school nursing cases)1,025
Number included in item (2)
(a) mentally disordered persons75
(b) persons discharged from hospital (other than
mental hospitals)158
(c) tuberculous households14
(d) households visited on account of other infectious diseases13
Number included in item (2) and where appropriate item
(3) who were visited at the special request of a G.P. or
hospital (a) persons aged 65 or over307
(b) mentally disordered persons20
(c) persons discharged from hospital (other than mental hospitals)60