London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Brent 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
This page requires JavaScript
Table 13
CHIROPODY SERVICE
| By Local Authority | By Voluntary Organisations | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elderly Persons | 1,389 | 1,251 | 2,640 |
| Expectant and Nursing Mothers | 58 | — | 58 |
| Children under 5 | 14 | — | 14 |
| Others | 78 | — | 78 |
| Total | 1,539 | 1,251 | 2,790 |
| By Local Authority | By Voluntary Organisations | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Clinics | 8,300 | 1,132 | 9,432 |
| In patients' homes | 2,882 | 655 | 3,537 |
| In old people's homes | 447 | — | 447 |
| In chiropodists' surgeries | 4,266 | 1,495 | 5,761 |
| Total | 15,895 | 3,282* | 19,177 |
Number of local authority clinic sessions—1,760.
*1,550 of these treatments were given by the Willesden Old Folks' Association (up to 31.3.66)
and 1,732 by the British Red Cross Society.
Table 14
TUBERCULOSIS: NEW CASES AND DEATHS BY AGE GROUPS
(Deaths in brackets)
| Age groups | New Cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-respiratory | |||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Under 1 | 1 (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) |
| 1 to 4 | 1 (—) | 1 (—) | 1 (—) | — (—) |
| 5 to 9 | 1 (-) | 3 (—) | - (-) | - (-) |
| 10 to 14 | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) |
| 15 to 19 | — (—) | - (-) | 1 (—) | — (—) |
| 20 to 24 | 6 (-) | 3 (—) | 1 (—) | 2 (-) |
| 25 to 34 | 11 (—) | 4 (—) | 6 (—) | 3 (—) |
| 35 to 44 | 7 (—) | 5 (—) | 6 (1) | 6 (1) |
| 45 to 54 | 6 (1) | 3 (—) | 1 (—) | 4 (—) |
| 55 to 64 | 12 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (—) | - (2) |
| 65 and upwards | 7 (2) | 3 (-) | 1 (-) | 3 (-) |
| Totals: | 52 (4) | 23 (1) | 18 (1) | 18 (3) |