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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Clinic statistics 1972
Clinic | New cases | Old cases | F P A transfers | Total attendances | Cervical cytology |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bedfont | 267 | 675 | 74 | 2279 | 467 |
Brentford | 188 | 399 | 24 | 1326 | 218 |
Chiswick | 559 | 196 | 130 | 1845 | 654 |
Feltham | 376 | 791 | 74 | 3101 | 579 |
Hanworth | 157 | 217 | 59 | 522 | 70 |
Heston | 519 | 699 | 89 | 3385 | 811 |
Hounslow | 1170 | 2039 | 190 | 8382 | 2030 |
West Middlesex Hospital | 269 | 337 | 95 | 1575 | 291 |
Of the total of 3505 new cases it was possible to classify them according to age, source of referral, and social class as shown in the table below:—
Bedfont | Brentford | Heston | Hanworth | West Middlesex Hospital | Feltham | Chiswick | Hounslow | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Source of referral: | |||||||||
Hospital | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 83 |
Local Authority | 12 | 18 | 70 | 13 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 81 | 249 |
Friend | 103 | 99 | 276 | 52 | 104 | 128 | 196 | 592 | 1550 |
Gen. Practitioner | 40 | 35 | 83 | 16 | 39 | 53 | 53 | 174 | 493 |
Press | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 4 | – | 2 | 34 | 60 |
Radio and T. V. | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | – | – | 1 | 3 |
F P A Publicity | 104 | 28 | 68 | 67 | 76 | 178 | 291 | 255 | 1067 |
Age -20 | 18 | 26 | 63 | 28 | 42 | 55 | 93 | 210 | 535 |
20-24 | 58 | 55 | 180 | 48 | 90 | 133 | 254 | 344 | 1162 |
25-29 | 91 | 48 | 157 | 51 | 85 | 93 | 149 | 296 | 970 |
30-34 | 39 | 20 | 48 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 21 | 124 | 322 |
35 + | 61 | 39 | 71 | 15 | 32 | 60 | 42 | 196 | 516 |
Occupation (Social class): | |||||||||
Professional | 131 | 25 | 75 | 28 | 47 | 81 | 118 | 158 | 663 |
Intermediate | — | 6 | 17 | – | 13 | – | 54 | 15 | 105 |
Skilled | 56 | 46 | 125 | 48 | 55 | 120 | 218 | 370 | 1038 |
Semi-skilled | 14 | 24 | 51 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 36 | 155 | 350 |
Unskilled | 18 | 9 | 20 | — | 15 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 110 |
Students | 4 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 28 | 10 | 40 | 67 | 181 |
Others | 44 | 73 | 208 | 63 | 90 | 125 | 85 | 370 | 1058 |
Major reasons for referral of new cases: | |
---|---|
Impossible to attend clinics (mainly due to large families) | 7 |
Health (mental or physical) | 7 |
Poor social background | 6 |
Persistent failure of appointments (associated with social problems) | 2 |
Apathy or low intelligence | 3 |
Total referred | 25 |