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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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| Chiswick:- | |
|---|---|
| Ante-Natal Clinics and Post-Natal Clinics | Wednesday and Thursday mornings 9 30 a.m. |
| Infant Welfare Clinics | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons 2 p.m. |
| Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Tetanus and Poliomyelitis Immunisation and Vaccination Clinics | Monday afternoons 2 p.m. Tuesday mornings 9,30 a.m. |
Priority Dental Service for expectant and nursing mothers and children
under School age.
(b) 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).
(c) Home Nursing and Nursing Equipment:
Home Nurses are employed to undertake the nursing of persons in their own
homes. Where nursing equipment is required for use in the home, it is available
on loan through the British Red Cross Society.
Number and classification of patients visited by the Home Nurses in the Borough during the year are as follows:-
| Type of case | Under 5 years | 5-64 years | 6-5 years and over | Total | Grand Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Medical | |||||||||
| Surgical | - | ||||||||
| Infectious Disease | - | - | 2 | - | |||||
| Tuberculosis | 15 | - | |||||||
| Maternal Complications | - | - | - | - | |||||
| TOTALS | 341 | 268 | |||||||
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