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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

Hounslow 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]

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Table: Table 7 Smallpox vaccination persons aged under 16

Table 7 Smallpox vaccination persons aged under 16

Age at date of vaccinationNumber of persons vaccinated or revaccinated during 1965
Number vaccinatedNumber revaccinated
0-2 months52-
3-5 months34—
6-8 months33—
9-11 months51—
12-23 months1573—
2-4 years20517
5-15 years3733
Total198550

Table: Table 8 Midwives who notified their intention to practise within the London Borough of Hounslow during the year 1965

Table 8 Midwives who notified their intention to practise within the London Borough of Hounslow during the year 1965

Domiciliary
Employed by Borough Council18
Employed by Queen Charlotte's Hospital8
In private practice—
Institutional
Hospitals146
Nursing Homes—
Total172

Table: Table 9 Deliveries attended by domiciliary midwives during 1965

Table 9 Deliveries attended by domiciliary midwives during 1965

By Midwives employed by Borough Council637
By Midwives employed by Queen Charlotte's Hospital126
Total763
Number of cases delivered in Hospitals and other Institutions but discharged and attended by domiciliary midwives before the 10th day Borough Council Midwives550
Queen Charlotte's Hospital Midwives116
Midwife employed by London Borough of Ealing specifically for 48 hour planned discharges (Brentford and Chiswick area)26
Total692