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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 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]

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Table: Table 7 Smallpox vaccination of persons aged under 16

Table 7 Smallpox vaccination of persons aged under 16

Age at date of vaccinationNumber of persons vaccinated or revaccinated during 1968
Number vaccinatedNumber revaccinated
0-2 months27_
3-5 months34-
6-8 months25-
9-11 months40-
12-23 months1964-
2-4 years34529
5-15 years104155
Total2539184

Table: Table 9 Deliveries attended by domiciliary midwives during 1968

Table 9 Deliveries attended by domiciliary midwives during 1968

By Midwives employed by Borough Council413
By Midwives employed by Queen Charlotte's Hospital21
Total434
Number of cases delivered in hospitals and other institutions but discharged and attended by domiciliary midwives before the 10th day:
Borough Council Midwives970
Queen Charlotte's Hospital Midwives141
Midwife employed by London Borough of Ealing specifically for 48 hour planned discharges (Brentford and Chiswick area)27
Total1138

Table: Table 8 Midwives who notified their intention to practise within the London Borough of Hounslow during the year 1968

Table 8 Midwives who notified their intention to practise within the London Borough of Hounslow during the year 1968

DomiciIlary
Employed by Borough Council17
Employed by Queen Charlotte's Hospital5
In private practice1
Institutional
Hospitals90
Nursing Homes-
Total113

Table: Table 10 Health Visiting

Table 10 Health Visiting

Number of visits paid by Health Visitors during 1968First visitsTotal visits
Expectant mothers11571774
Children born in 196833139984
Children born in 1967345810294
Children born in 1963-66902824083
Other classes14373279
All classes1839349414
This table does not include a. Visits made by Tuberculosis Visitorsb. Visits to families by Health Visitor/ School Nurses whilst acting solely in their capacity as School Nurses.