Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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Personal Health Services
Ante-natal and post-natal clinics are provided at 16 clinics and 834 sessions were held during the year.
Number of women in attendance | Number of sessions held by | Total Number of Sessions | ||
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For ante-natal examination | For post-natal examination | Medical Officers | Midwives | |
1,262 | 22 | 43 | 791 | 834 |
Ante-natal mothercraft and relaxation classes are held at 14 clinics.
Number of women who attended during the year | (a) | Institutional booked | 727 | |
(b) | Domiciliary booked | 220 | ||
(c) | Total | 947 | ||
Total number of attendances during the year | 5,732 |
Number of centres provided at end of 1969 | Average number of child welfare sessions held per month | Number of children who attended during 1969 and who were born in:—• | Total number of children who attended during 1969 | Total attendances during 1969 | ||
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1969 | 1968 | 1964-67 | ||||
200 | 3,236 | 2,867 | 5,206 | 11,309 | 74,691 |
Care of the Unsupported Mother
The following table shows the number of unsupported mothers who required help during the
year, which indicates a continuine downward trend.
The maintenance of a close liaison between the officers of the Department, hospital medical social workers, and the social workers of the Hillingdon Deanery Welcare Association ensures that assistance is given to those mothers, both during pregnancy and in the post-natal period.
1969 | 1968 | 1967 | 1966 | 1965 | |
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Cases admitted to local authority homes | 20 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 34 |
Cases admitted to voluntary homes | 18 | 29 | 33 | 44 | 61 |
38 | 45 | 48 | 60 | 95 | |
Interviewed and advised, but not requiring admis-mission to a home | 12 | 8 | 26 | 20 | 11 |
50 | 53 | 74 | 80 | 106 |