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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

Waltham Forest 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]

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Table: HEALTH VISITING

HEALTH VISITING

(a) Sessions Worked
Number of sessions (half days) devoted to:
(i) Health visiting8,489
(ii) Child welfare centres3,327
(iii) Ante-natal, post-natal, relaxation etc. clinics486
(iv) School clinics998
(v) Other school nursing1,839
(vi) Health education (including mothercraft)450
(vii) Other work (including clerical)5,506
Total sessions21,083
(b) Cases visited for the first time in the year
(i) children born in 19621,197
„ „ „ 19631,550
„ „ „ 19641,942
„ „ „ 19652,209
„ „ „ 19662,793
„ „ „ 19673,907
(ii) persons aged 65 or over2,508
(iii) others (excluding school nursing cases)2,184
(c) Number included in item (b)
(i) mentally disordered persons246
(ii) persons discharged from hospital (other than mental hospitals)427
(iii) tuberculous households16
(iv) households visited on account of other infectious diseases8
(d) Number included in item (b) and where appropriate item (c) who were visited at the special request of a G.P. or hospital:
(i) persons aged 65 or over547
(ii) mentally disordered persons96
(iii) persons discharged from hospital (other than mental hospitals)191
(e) Total number of visits to:EFFECTIVEineffective
(i) children under 5 years of age31,0335,881
(ii) persons aged 65 or over7,5601,426
(iii) others (excluding school nursing cases)6.144665
Total effective visits44,7377,972
(f) Sessions attended at G.P's surgeries (included above)250
(g) Phenylketonuria
(i) children tested at home or clinic3,657
(ii) special visits to homes to collect specimens1,214