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Brentford and Chiswick 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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Number and classification of patients visited by the Home Nurses in the Borough during the year are as follows: -

Type of caseUnde r 5 years5-64 years65 years and overTotalGrand Total
MFMFMFMF
Medical3280139118330201471672
Surgical4-810106221638
Infectious Disease--11-1123
Tuberculosis--161922182139
Maternal Complications---3---33
TOTALS72105172130339242513755

(d) Vaccination and Immunisation:
In addition to the immunisation of infants and young children carried out
at the clinics referred to in (a) above, vaccination against smallpox and immunisation
against diphtheria, tetanus and poliomyelitis are carried out by some
general practitioners.
(e) Mental Health Servic:
The County Mental Health Service deals with persons suffering from mental
disorder or mental illness.
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Chiswick:-
Ante-Natal Clinics and ) Wednesday and Thursday mornings 9.30 a.m.
Post-Natal Clinics )
Infant Welfare Clinics Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
afternoons 2 p„m.
Diphtheria, Whooping )
Cough, Tetanus and ) Monday afternoons 2 p.m.
Poliomyelitis Immunisation ) Tuesday mornings 9, 30 a.m.
and Vaccination Clinics )
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.