[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallsend Local Board of Health / Borough.

  • Wallsend (England). Local Board of Health.
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallsend Local Board of Health / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    {b) Ante-Natal and Post-Natal. At the Health Centre, Wallsend, and the Clinic, East End Park, Howdon, General Practitioners see their own patients at arranged times. (c) School Clinics. Daily at Health Centre, Wallsend and East End Park, Willington Quay, from 9—10 a.m. Doctor in attendance at Wallsend on Wednesdays and and Willington Quay on Thursdays. {d) Dental Clinic. Daily at Health Centre and Willington Quay Clinic. (e) Orthopaedic and Ophthalmic Clinics. The Orthopaedic Clinic is held on two days per week, both morning and afternoon. The Ophthalmic Clinic is held one half-day twice or thrice per week. (3) Summary of Attendances at Maternity AND Child Welfare First visits during year of Centres. Wallsend High Farm Willington Quay W. Square Resident children born in Centre. Centre. Centre. Hall. Total. 1963 425 39 Ill 82 723 1962 385 41 166 100 692 1958/61 557 53 259 63 932 Re-Visits during the year of children born in 1963 2859 247 1252 692 5050 1962 2273 166 877 513 3829 1958/61 645 77 340 288 1350 Medical Officer Number of Consultations 4270 373 1732 860 7235 Number of Injections 1460 137 518 270 2385 Vacc & Immunisation Total no. of attendances 2770 262 1140 625 4797 Ante and Post-Natal Supervision. Ante-Natal—Number of expectant mothers supervised ... ... ... 1,615 Total number of attendances ... 8,803 Post-Natal— Number of mothers supervised ... 736 Total number of attendances .. 736 Table D DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION. Number of Children who completed a course of immunisation during the year ended 31st December, 1963. Born 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1954- 58 1949- 53 Total Primary 308 313 16 7 3 120 140 907 Booster 3 180 19 11 348 587 1148 Totals 308 316 196 26 14 468 727 2055 All children now receive immunisation against Whooping Cough and Tetanus in a triple vaccine along with the Diphtheria component in infancy. A booster dose is given round about two years and a further booster of Diphtheria and Tetanus at five years.