London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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Staff
HEALTH VISITING SERVICE
Establishment—excluding managers 55
Principal Nursing Officer 1
Senior Nursing Officers 3
Health Visitors—full time 17
Health Visitors—part time (full-time equivalent 8:1) 15
Tuberculosis visitor 1
Clinic nurses—full time 2
Clinic nurses—part time (full time equivalent 8:5) 18
Health Assistants 4
| Cases Visited | Number of Cases | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Total number of cases in lines 5, 6, 8, 10, 14 | 15,986 |
| 2 | Children born in 1971 | 3,825 |
| 3 | Children born in 1970 | 3,255 |
| 4 | Children born in 1967-69 | 7,324 |
| 5 | Total number of children in lines 2-4 | 14,404 |
| 6 | Persons aged 65 or over | 427 |
| 7 | Number included in line 6 who were visited at request of G.P. or hospital | 67 |
| 8 | Mentally disordered persons | 164 |
| 9 | Number included in line 8 who were visited at request of G.P. or hospital | 14 |
| 10 | Persons, excluding Maternity cases, discharged from hospitals (other than mental hospitals) | 44 |
| 11 | Number included in line 10 who were visited at request of G.P. or hospital | 14 |
| 12 | Number of tuberculosis households visited | 24 |
| 13 | Number of households visited on account of other infectious diseases | 330 |
| 14 | Other cases | 895 |
| 15 | Number of tuberculosis households visited by tuberculosis visitor | 467 |
| 16 | Families with a subnormal child under 5 | 52 |
| 17 | Families with a subnormal child over 5 | 150 |