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Ilford 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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SECTION B.
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE
AREA.
1. (i) Public Health Officers of the Authority.—Vide page
5 at the beginning of this Report.
(ii) Nursing in the Home. Nature of the Arrangements
in the Area.
(a) General Nursing.—There is a voluntary Committee, the
organisations concerned being mentioned in my Annual Report for
1921. 10,195 visits were paid by the nurses in 1936 compared
with 10,367 in 1935.
The following is a summary of the work carried out during the year 1936 :—
| Number of New Cases | 820 |
| Number of Visits—Medical | 7,631 |
| Surgical | 1,580 |
| Operations | 12 |
| Massage | 972 |
| Number of applications made for Nurses' services | 820 |
| Number of patients under the charge of a Doctor at 31st December | 50 |
| Number of patients not under the charge of a Doctor | — |
| Number of necessitous cases referred to Committee | 12 |
| Number of cases on the books at the end of the year | 50 |
The cases were distributed in wards as under :—
| Cranbrook | 80 |
| Park | 76 |
| Seven Kings | 167 |
| North Hainault | 109 |
| Loxford | 100 |
| Clementswood | 48 |
| South Hainault | 51 |
| Goodmayes | 96 |
| Barkingside | 93 |