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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]
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| Place where first treatment during year by the home nurse took place | Number of persons treated during the year aged: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 | 5-64 | 65 & over | Total | ||
| a. | Patient's home | 44 | 2027 | 1251 | 3322 |
| b. | Health Centres | 1205 | 8986 | 1461 | 11652 |
| c. | GP's premises | 136 | 953 | 247 | 1336 |
| d. | Total | 1385 | 11966 | 2959 | 16310 |
| No. of home visits during 1972 | 102906 | ||||
| No. included above over one hour duration | 1675 | ||||
| No. of visits made by patients for treatment by nurses assisting General Practitioners | |||||
| a. | in Health Centres | 23771 | |||
| b. | in surgeries | 3739 | |||
| Age in years | New cases Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Deaths Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 45 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 55 | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 65 and over | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Age unknown | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| All ages | 44 | 30 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Persons examined for the first time | 4985 |
| Persons found to be tuberculous | 115 |
| New contacts seen for the first time during the year | 689 |
| New contacts found to be tuberculous | 6 |
| Cases on register at 31st December 1972 | 875 |
| Home visits made by the tuberculosis visitors during 1972 | 484 |
| Number of Clinics provided at end of 1972 (a) | 7 |
| Number of sessions held by Medical Officers | 218 |
| Midwives | 119 |
| Total | 337 |
| Number of women who attended in 1972 (b) Ante-natal | 231 |
| Post-natal | 32 |
Total number of attendances by women shown above
Ante-natal 1000
Post-natal 32
(a) Includes sessions staffed by obstetricians employed by
Queen Charlotte's hospital.
(b) Excludes women referred by Queen Charlotte's hospital.
| Number of women who attended during 1972 | |
| Institutionally booked | 331 |
| Domiciliary booked | 33 |
| Total | 364 |
| Total number of attendances during 1972 | 2428 |