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Waltham Forest 1969

[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 patients332401487
Number of persons treated7091,4401,314
Number of attendances1,9503,8123,410
Number of sessions5110181

Table: HEALTH VISITING(a) Sessions Worked

HEALTH VISITING

(a) Sessions Worked

Number of sessions (half days) devoted to:196919681967
(i) Health visiting7,5297,9158,489
(ii) Child welfare centres3,5783,4763,327
(iii) Ante-natal, post-natal, relaxation etc. clinics409361486
(iv) School clinics8971,057998
(v) Other school nursing1,8902,0621,839
(vi) Health education (including mothercraft)551481450
(vii) Other work (including clerical)5,1935,6345,506
Total sessions20,04720,98621,083
(b) Cases visited for the first time in the year
(i) children born in 19641,0901,075
„ „ „ 19651.4091,488
„ „ „ 19661,8571,775
„ „ „ 19672,1492,132
„ „ „ 19682,4012,420
„ „ „ 19693,8613,786
(ii) persons aged 65 or over2,4432,41 1
(iii) others (excluding school nursing cases)1,7072,250
Total16,91717,33718,290
(c) Number included in item (b)
(i) mentally disordered persons157220246
(ii) persons discharged from hospital (other than mental hospitals)406521427
(iii) tuberculosis households51516
(iv) households visited on account of other infectious diseases2018
(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 over548653547
(ii) mentally disordered persons646096
(iii) persons discharged from hospital (other than mental hospitals)222261191

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