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
Brentford and Chiswick 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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Priority Dental Service for expectant and nursing mothers and
children under school age.
(b) Midwifery Service
Certified Midwives are employed for attendance on women in
their homes in the Borough as midwives or as maternity nurses during
childbirth.
(c) Health Visitors
Health Visitors are employed to undertake home visiting for the
purpose of giving advice on the care of young children, to persons
suffering from illness, to expectant and nursing mothers and on the
measures necessary to prevent the spread of infection. (The Health
Visitors also act as School Nurses).
(d) Home Nursing and Nursing Equipment
Home Nurses are employed to undertake the nursing of persons in
their own homes. (This work was formerly undertaken by "District
Nurses"). Where nursing equipment is required for use in the home,
it is available on loan through the British Red Cross Society.
Details of the work of the Home Nurses in the Borough during the year are as follows:-
| Under 5 yrs | 5-64 yrs | 65 yrs and over | Total | Grand Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Medical | 35 | 23 | 225 | 299 | 143 | 280 | 403 | 602 | 1005 |
| Surgical | 9 | - | 9 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 34 | 32 | 66 |
| Infectious Disease | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| Tuberculosis | - | - | 44 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 21 | 6 7 |
| Maternal Complications | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | 20 | 20 | |
| Others | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 49 | 24 | 280 | 363 | 162 | 297 | 491 | 684 | 1175 |