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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 1966

[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 1966
Number vaccinatedNumber revaccinated
0-2 months71-
3-5 months35-
6-8 months34—
9-11 months46—
12-23 months1767-
2-4 years28027
5-15 years153230
Total2386257

Table: Table 8 Midwives who notified their intention to practise within the London Borough of Hounslow during the year 1966

Table 8 Midwives who notified their intention to practise within the London Borough of Hounslow during the year 1966

Domiciliary
Employed by Borough Council17
Employed by Queen Charlotte's Hospital10
In private practice1
Institutional
Hospitals149
Nursing Homes—
Total177

Table: Table 9 Deliveries attended by domiciliary midwives during 1966

Table 9 Deliveries attended by domiciliary midwives during 1966

By Midwives employed by Borough Council619
By Midwives employed by Queen Charlotte's Hospital92
Total711
Number of cases delivered in hospitals and other institutions but discharged and attended by domiciliary midwives before the 10th day-
Borough Council Midwives694
Queen Charlotte's Hospital Midwives86
Midwife employed by London Borough of Ealing specifically for 48 hour planned discharges (Brentford and Chiswick area)29
Total809