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with special equipment to help partially hearing or deaf children.
Other Borough resources for the day care of young children
with special needs include the nursery class at the junior
training centre, the observation classes at two special schools,
the nursery class for maladjusted children and the special care
unit for physically and mentally handicapped children.

HOME NURSING
The number of nurses employed at the end of the year in
providing nursing care to patients in their own homes was 34
full-time and 7 part-time. This is an increase of 2 full-time and
2 part-time nurses during the year. Of the 2 additional full-time
nurses appointed, one was a male home nurse making a total
of 8 male nurses now employed on these duties. Table 11 below
gives details of the number of persons nursed and the number
of nursing visits paid. It will be noted that the number of nursing
visits paid rose approximately 11% compared with the previous
year, and as the number of patients nursed was lower than in
1967, the average number of visits paid to each patient rose
from approximately 30 per patient to 38.
4 district nurses are fully attached to general practice groups.