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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

Sutton 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]

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Use of clinics in general is at a high peak and. I give below
some figures to indicate the number of mothers and children that
passes through one of our busiest clinics.

Table: In 1966 at Robin Hood Lane Clinic in Sutton, 17,280 patients, a large number of whom were children or infants accompanied by adults, entered the clinic for specific purposes as shown below:-

In 1966 at Robin Hood Lane Clinic in Sutton, 17,280 patients, a large number of whom were children or infants accompanied by adults, entered the clinic for specific purposes as shown below:-

Infant Welfare Toddler ExaminationsAnte-natal Post-natal CytologyMidwivesMothercraft RelaxationHearing Testing of BabiesPhysiotherapy
12,507213958490390868
Speech TherapyEye ClinicsChiropody
880204780

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All approximate figure only can be added with regard to:-
Immunisation (held weekly) 2860
General Medical Clinics 216
(held fortnightly)
Adult Medical Examinations 20
This brings the minimal total number of people attending Robin Hood
Lane Clinic during 1966 to 20,386. There are, of course, miscellaneous
consultations and countless numbers of people making enquiries and
seeking advice in excess of this figure.
(b) Health Education
The health visitors continued with the group work they do within
the clinics with Mothers' Clubs, Mothercraft Classes and Parentcraft.
They visit Social Clubs and attend outside group activities with
current health education material and information, and join with the
Education Department in health education projects in schools and with
Further Education Groups.
The health visitors have taken 277 student nurses for whole day
visits of observation. Lectures on Public Health Nursing are given
to the student nurses by local authority nursing officers before, and
discussions are held after these visits of observation.
The two health visitors attached to St.Helier Chest Clinic continue
to visit 703 patients on the Tuberculosis Register and 36 non-tubercular
patients required home visiting during 1966.
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