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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
Hillingdon 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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Personal Health Services
Number of treatments given during the year:
| By local Authorities | By voluntary organisations | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In clinics | 6,265 | 1,187 | 7,452 | |
| In patients' homes | 1,498 | 430 | 1,928 | |
| In old people's homes | 1,691 | 192 | 1,883 | |
| In chiropodists' surgeries | — | 1,877 | 1,877 | |
| Total | 9,454 | 3,686 | 13,140 |
RECUPERATIVE HOLIDAYS
Recuperative Holidays, normally of two weeks duration, are arranged for adults and children
under five who have been suffering from a recent illness, and 44 recommendations were received
from general practitioners or hospital medical staff. Some applications were withdrawn and in a
few cases the patients were not well enough to travel when the time came, and in all 26 holidays
were actually taken.