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Lambeth 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Home Nursing
The Lambeth District Nursing Joint Committee provides, on behalf of the
Council, a home nursing service throughout the Borough, for which it receives
an appropriate grant from the Council. In addition, service is given in a small area
in the extreme north of the Borough by the Catholic Nursing Institute. The two
bodies provided service to 5,855 patients of whom 4,524 were newly referred and
a total of 154,703 visits was made by the nursing staff.
During the last year the Council decided to terminate its arrangements with
the District Nursing Joint Committee and to provide directly a home nursing
service from 1 April 1971. The Catholic Nursing Institute will continue to
operate in a small area in the north of the Borough.
Arrangements are made for the loan of home nursing equipment which is
required by patients being nursed in their own homes. Larger or more expensive
items of equipment are supplied direct by the Health Department. Smaller articles
are supplied through medical loan depots of the British Red Cross Society which
receives a grant from the Council.
| Total number of persons nursed during the year | 5,657 |
| Number aged under 5 at first visit during the year | 570 |
| Number aged 65 and over at first visit in the year | 2,870 |
| Total number of visits during the year | 154,703 |