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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
Southall 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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319 cases were completed during the year, and the attendances 111 respect
of these were as follows:—
No. of cases
One attendance 39
Two attendances 39
Three attendances 42
Four attendances 48
Five attendances 53
Six or more attendances 205
The following table gives the figures for the last eight years and the
proportion of new cases to re-visits.
Table No. 15.
| First visits | Re-visits | Average number of re-visits per patient | Total number of births in the District | Percentage of new cases to total births | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 260 | 528 | 2.03 | 672 | 38.7 |
| 1932 | 289 | 604 | 2.09 | 776 | 37.2 |
| 1933 | 264 | 782 | 2.96 | 734 | 35.9 |
| 1934 | 244 | 518 | 2.12 | 780 | 31.3 |
| 1935 | 265 | 867 | 3.27 | 835 | 31.7 |
| 1936 | 300 | 998 | 3.33 | 827 | 36.3 |
| 1937 | 407 | 1333 | 3.27 | 848 | 47.9 |
| 1938 | 531 | 2157 | 4.06 | 856 | 32.03 |
These figures show an increase in 1938 both in the number of cases and
the proportion of cases to births.
Of the 2,688 total attendances, 1,544 occurred at the Manor House
centre and 1,144 at the Branch centre.
Of the 531 new cases seen during the year, 515 were pregnant women
and the remaining 16 were non-pregnant or post-natal cases. Of the 515
pregnant women 227 were either uncompleted cases at the end of the year or
had left the district. These therefore are omitted from this report which deals
with 438 completed cases, 119 for 1937 and 319 occurring in 1938.
Of these cases 378 were normal and 60 showed abnormalities.
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