London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hillingdon 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
This page requires JavaScript
Ante-natal and post-natal clinics are provided at 15 clinics and 796 sessions were held during the year.
| Number of women in attendance | Number of sessions held by | Total Number of Sessions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For ante-natal examination | For post-natal examination | Medical Officers | Midwives | |
| 1,527 | 17 | 27 | 769 | 796 |
Ante-natal mothercraft and relaxation classes are held at
| Number of women who attended during the year | Institutional booked | |||
| (b) | Domiciliary booked | |||
| Total | ||||
| Total number of attendances during the year | ||||
| Number of centres provided at end of 1968 | Average number of child welfare sessions held per month | Number of children who attended during 1968 and who were born in:— | Total number of children who attended during 1968 | Total attendances during 1968 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1967 | 1963-66 | ||||
| 21 | 193 | 3,250 | 3,018 | 5,362 | 11,630 | 76,690 |
Care of the Unsupported Mother
It is likely that a proportion of unmarried girls who become pregnant receive the backing that they need within their own families.
| 1968 | 1967 | 1966 | 1965 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases admitted to local authority homes | 16 | 15 | 16 | 34 |
| Cases admitted to voluntary homes | 29 | 33 | 44 | 61 |
| 45 | 48 | 60 | 95 | |
| Interviewed and advised, but not requiring admission to a home | 8 | 26 | 20 | 11 |
| 53 | 74 | 80 | 106 |