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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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HEALTH VISITING SERVICE
| Staff | |
| Establishment—excluding managers | 55 |
| Principal Nursing Officer | 1 |
| Senior Nursing Officers | 3 |
| Health Visitors—full-time | 29 |
| Health Visitors—part-time (full-time equivalent 8 7) | 15 |
| Clinic nurses—full-time | 3 |
| Clinic nurses—part-time | 17 |
| Health Assistants | 3 |
Statistics
| Number of Cases | Number of cases included in col. (1) seen at special request of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital | G.P. | ||
| Cases visited | (1) | (2) | (3) |
| 1 Children born in 1972 | 3,503 | 66 | 55 |
| 2 Other children aged under 5 | 7,297 | 40 | 20 |
| 3 Persons aged between 5 and 16 seen as part of health visiting (including those seen as part of school health service) | 1,499 | 26 | 30 |
| 4 Persons aged between 17 and 64 | 1,021 | 29 | 39 |
| 5 Persons aged 65 and over | 491 | 18 | 56 |
| 6 Households visited on account of tuberculosis | 274 | 44 | |
| 7 Households visited on account of other infectious diseases | 221 | 13 | 8 |
| 8 Households visited for any other reason | 602 | 15 | 12 |
| 9 Total | 14,908 | 251 | 220 |
| 10 Mentally handicapped | 206 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 Mentally ill | 103 | 9 | 13 |