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
Hounslow 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]
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| Number of Clinics provided at end of 1967 | 7 |
| Number of sessions held by Medical Officers | 245 |
| Number of sessions held by Mid wives | 138 |
| Total | 383 |
| Number of women who attended in 1967 | |
| Ante-natal | 615 |
| Post-natal | 52 |
| Total number of attendances by women shown above | |
| Ante-natal | 2076 |
| Post-natal | 72 |
| Number of women who attended during 1967 | |
| Institutionally booked | 608 |
| Domiciliary booked | 205 |
| Total | 813 |
| Total number of attendances during 1967 | 2675 |
Table 17 Care of premature infants
| Number of premature babies born alive to mothers normally resident in the Borough, but excluding babies born in maternity homes or hospitals in the National Health Service | |||
| Born at home or in a private nursing home | Born at home or in a private nursing home and nursed entirely at home, or in a private nursing home | ||
| number born | died during first 24 hours | survived to end of 28 days | |
| 14 | 14 | - | 14 |
| Number of centres in use at end of 1967* | 12 |
| Number of Child Welfare Sessions held by | |
| Medical officers | 1310 |
| Health visitors | 68 |
| Hospital medical staff | 51 |
| Total | 1429 |
| Number of children who attended during the | |
| year and who were born in | |
| 1967 | 3086 |
| 1966 | 2940 |
| 1962-1965 | 2664 |
| Total | 8690 |
| Number of attendances made by children shown above | 51402 |
* The number of centres includes one mobile unit
fully staffed by the Council, and a clinic held at
Queen Charlotte's Hospital at which the Council
provides a health visitor only.
| Number | 3 |
| Number of approved places | 136 |
| Number of children on register at end of year | |
| Age under 2 years | 36 |
| Age 2-5 years | 106 |
| Average daily attendance during the year* | |
| Age under 2 years | 31 |
| Age 2-5 years | 80 |
* These are arithmetical averages which reflect
absences due to infectious and other illness, and
also the postponement of new admissions during
outbreaks of infectious illness.
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