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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Domiciliary | |
Employed by borough council | 16 |
Employed by Queen Charlotte's hospital | 7 |
In private practice | 1 |
Institutional | |
Hospitals | 110 |
Hospitals (Agency Staff) | 43 |
Nursing homes | - |
Total | 177 |
By midwives employed by borough council | 233 |
By midwives employed by Queen Charlotte's hospital | 3 |
Total | 236 |
Number of cases delivered in hospitals and other institutions but discharged and attended by domiciliary midwives before the 10th day | |
Borough council midwives | 879 |
Queen Charlotte's hospital midwives | 106 |
Midwives employed by London Borough of Ealing specially for 48 hours planned discharges (Brentford and Chiswick area) | 14 |
Total | 999 |
Type of case | Number of cases seen at special request of:— | Total number of cases seen | |
---|---|---|---|
Hospital | G.P. | ||
Children born in 1972 | 111 | 67 | 3260 |
Other children aged under 5 | 44 | 99 | 8273 |
Persons aged between 5 and 16 seen as part of health visiting | 20 | 108 | 1174 |
Persons aged between 17 and 64 | 61 | 421 | 3285 |
Persons aged 65 and over | 66 | 558 | 1821 |
Households visited on account of tuberculosis | 15 | 1 | 247 |
Households visited on account of other infectious diseases | - | 1 | 55 |
Households visited for any other reason | 1 | 33 | 437 |
Total | 318 | 1288 | 18552 |
Number of persons included in Mentally handicapped | 2 | 14 | 109 |
lines 1—5 above who are:— Mentally ill | 3 | 54 | 181 |
Number of health education sessions attended by health visitors: | |||
At health centres | 75 | ||
At G.P. premises (excluding those in health centres) | 2 | ||
At maternity and child health centres | 60 | ||
At school | 78 | ||
In hospital | 7 | ||
Elsewhere | 7 | ||
Total | 229 |
Number of case conferences attended by health visitors with:—
Social workers | 77 |
Hospital staff | 45 |
General practitioners | 232 |
Any combination of above | 24 |
Others (i.e.: none of the above present) | 51 |
Total | 429 |