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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| 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 hrs. | survived to end of 28 days | |
| 7 | - | 7 | |
| Number of clinics in use at end of 1972 (a) | 13 |
| Number of child health sessions held by Medical officers | 1223 |
| Health visitors | 224 |
| Hospital medical staff | 39 |
| Total | 1486 |
| Number of children who attended during the year and who were born in | |
| 1972 | 2831 |
| 1971 | 2693 |
| 1967-70 | 2338 |
| Total | 7862 |
| Number of attendances made by children shown above | 12211 |
(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.
Table 17 Priority dental service — Expectant and nursing mothers and pre-school children
| Number of cases | Number of persons examined during the year | Number of persons who commenced treatment during the year | Number of courses of treatment completed during the year | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant and nursing mothers Children aged under 5 and | 57 | 52 | 26 | ||||||
| not eligible for school dental service | 869 | 668 | 490 | ||||||
| Dental treatment provided | Scalings and/or stain removal | Fillings | Teeth Filled | Teeth root filled | Crowns Teeth & extrac-inlays ted | General anaesthetics | Dentures Provided full upper or lower | Partial upper or lower | Radiographs |
| Expectant and nursing mothers | 26 | 140 | 133 | 2 | Nil 66 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| Children aged under five and not eligible for school dental service | 402 | 1516 | 1329 | Nil | Nil 456 | 205 | Nil | Nil | 19 |