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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]
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| Age in years | New cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | . | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 35 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 45 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 55 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 65 and over | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Age unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| All ages | 37 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| Persons examined for the first time | 5140 |
| Persons found to be tuberculous | 101 |
| New contacts seen for the first time during the year | 522 |
| New contacts found to be tuberculous | 6 |
| Cases on register at 31st December 1971 | 822 |
| Home visits made by tuberculosis visitors during 1971 | 944 |
| Number of women who attended during 1971 | |
| Institutionally booked | 375 |
| Domiciliary booked | 24 |
| Total | 399 |
| Total number of attendances during 1971 | 2472 |
| 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 | |
| 6 | 6 | - | 6 |
(a) Includes sessions staffed by obstetricians employed
by Queen Charlotte's hospital.
(b) Excludes women referred by Queen Charlotte's
hospital.
| Number of Clinics provided at end of 1971 (a) | 7 |
| Number of sessions held by Medical Officers | 175 |
| Midwives | 111 |
| Total | 286 |
| Number of women who attended in 1971 (b) | |
| Ante-natal | 253 |
| Post-natal | 29 |
| Total number of attendances by women shown above | |
| Ante-natal | 934 |
| Post-natal | 31 |
| Number of clinics in use at end of 1971 (a) | 13 |
| Number of child health sessions held by | |
| Medical officers | 1208 |
| Health visitors | 217 |
| Hospital medical staff | 50 |
| Total | 1475 |
| Number of children who attended during the year and who were born in | |
| 1971 | 2813 |
| 1970 | 2364 |
| 1966-69 | 2415 |
| Total | 7592 |
| Number of attendances made by children shown above | 43632 |
(a) The number of clinics 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.
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