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Waltham Forest 1968

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

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Table: Family Planning

Family Planning

GRANLEIGH ROADHATCH LANEHURST ROAD
Number of new patients449499527
Number of persons treated6301,4831, 127
Number of attendances1,0763,1552,536
Number of sessions5110052

Table: HEALTH VISITING

HEALTH VISITING

(a) Sessions Worked
Number of sessions (half days) devoted to:196819671966
(i) Health visiting7,9158,4897,274
(ii) Child welfare centres3,4763,3273,156
(iii) Ante-natal, post-natal, relaxation etc. clinics361486449
(iv) School clinics1,057998933
(v) Other school nursing2,0621,8391,907
(vi) Health education (including mothercraft)481450568
(vii) Other work (including clerical)5,6345,5064,700
Total sessions20,98621,08318,987
(b) Cases visited for the first time in the year
(i) children born in 19631,075
" " " " 19641,488
" " " " 19651,775
" " " " 19662,132
" " " " 19672,420
" " " " 19683,786
(ii) persons aged 65 or over2,411
(iii) others (excluding school nursing cases)2,250
Total17,33718,29017,307
(c) Number included in item (b)
(i) mentally disordered persons220246203
(ii) persons discharged from hospital (other than mental hospitals)521427375
(iii) tuberculosis households151611
(iv) households visited on account of other infectious diseases185
(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 over653547456
(ii) mentally disordered persons609649
(iii) persons discharged from hospital (other than mental hospitals)261191158

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