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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
Croydon 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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HOME NURSING
Staff at 31.12.71
1 Principal Nursing Officer (Home Nursing)
3 Assistant Nursing Officers
1 Senior District Nurse
50 Nurses S.R.N. (4 Part-time)
8 Nurses S.E.N. (1 Part-time)
12 Nursing Auxiliaries (1 Part-time)
Summary of Work carried out during 1971 (1970 figures in brackets)
Patients remaining on books 31st December 1970 1,629
New Patients 5,361
Total 6,990 (6,528)
| Cases | Visits | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis | 48 | (59) | 731 | (839) |
| Children 0-5 | *96 | *376 | ||
| Patients over 65 | 4,493 | (4,354) | 124,949 | (124,535) |
| Convalescent | 3,019 (2,909) |
| Hospital | 1,058 (1,031) |
| Died | 391 (418) |
| Removed - other causes | 725 (541) |
| Remaining on books 31.12.71 | 1,697 (1,629) |
| 6,990 (6,528) |
Number of treatments carried out by Home Nurses in General Practitioner Surgeries 11,338 (8,195)
| Home Visits | Surgery Treatments * | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15,644 | (13,637) | 761 |
| February | 13,973 | (12,615) | 881 |
| March | 16,472 | (14,242) | 1,097 |
| April | 14,093 | (13,608) | 936 |
| May | 15,212 | (14,197) | 897 |
| June | 14,517 | (14,064) | 822 |
| July | 15,039 | (15,034) | 879 |
| August | 14,753 | (13,870) | 784 |
| September | 14,952 | (14,364) | 1,188 |
| October | 15,543 | (15,702) | 923 |
| November | 14,983 | (15,364) | 994 |
| December | 15,198 | (15,605) | 1,176 |
| 179,379 | (172,302) | 11,338 | |