Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]
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Table 11 Home Nursing
Patients attended by Home Nurses during 1968 | |
a. number of cases | 2762 |
b. number of visits | 91818 |
Patients included in (a) above who were 65 or over at the time of the first visit Number of cases | 1832 |
Children included in (a) above who were under 5 at the time of the first visit Number of cases | 35 |
Number of visits included in (b) above of over one hour duration | 2848 |
Table 12 Home Help
Aged 65 or over at time of first visit during year | 1617 |
Aged under 65 at time of first visit during year: Chronic sick and tuberculous | 148 |
Mentally disordered | 11 |
Maternity | 134 |
Others | 156 |
Total | 2066 |
Table 13 New cases of Tuberculosis notified formally or otherwise to the Medical Officer of Health and Deaths ascribed to Tuberculosis during 1968
Age in years | New cases | Deaths | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PuImonary | Non-puImonary | PuImonary | Non-puImonary | |||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
Under 1 | - | - | 1 | . | . | - | - | - |
1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
5 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
10 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
20 | 5 | 5 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 7 | - | - | - | - |
35 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - |
45 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
55 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
65 and over | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - |
Age unknown | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
All ages | 56 | 30 | 6 | 17 | 6 | - | 1 | - |
Table 14 Tuberculosis
Summary of the work of chest clinics
Persons examined for the first time | 3484 |
Persons found to be tuberculous | 108 |
New contacts seen for the first time during the year | 569 |
New contacts found to be tuberculous | 7 |
Cases on register at 31st December 1968 | 942 |
Home visits made by Tuberculosis Visitors during 1968 | 1179 |