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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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| (i) unsatisfactory measurements | 12 |
| (ii) heart disease | 2 |
| (iii) ante partum haemorrhage | 3 |
| (iv) albuminuria | 9 |
| (v) high blood pressure (exceeding 140 systolic or 90 diastolic other than on the first attendance) | 58 |
| (vi) other conditions | 29 |
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Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics.
The attendances at the Child Welfare clinics during 1939 are shown in the following table:—
Table No. 19.
| Seen by medical officer: | |
| Infants | 3,232 |
| Children at ordinary clinics | 1,310 |
| Children at toddlers' clinics | 257 |
| Weighing only: | |
| Infants | 2,171 |
| Children | 714 |
| New cases (included in above): | |
| Infants | 342 |
| Children | 87 |
| Seen by medical officer: | |
| Infants | 3,934 |
| Children at ordinary clinics | 2,193 |
| Children at toddlers' clinic | 242 |
| Weighing only: | |
| Infants | 946 |
| Children | 453 |
| New cases (included in above): | |
| Infants | 310 |
| Children | 131 |
| Total attendances | 15,452 |
| The total attendances at the clinics during the past six years have been as follows:- | |
| 1934 6,856 1937 | 12,502 |
| 1935 9,682 1938 | 14,351 |
| 1936 11,329 1939 | 15,452 |
It will be noticed that there was again a rather large increase in the total number
of attendances in 1939 compared with the figure for 1938. This increase to
7 per cent. It is encouraging that the services available in this way appear to be appreciated.
The subjoined table shows the proportion of new infant cases attending the clinics
to the total in the district:-
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