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Total No. of visits during 1952 - 77113
Total No. of visits during 1951 - 62124
Co-operation with general practitioners. Work from the
doctors is received at Bruce Grove Nurses Home or the Area Health
Office and the visits are distributed from those points. Cooperation
is good and the doctor is able to make any special
point when he requests the services of a nurse. A message sheet
is left at the patient's house for the exchange of notes between
doctor and nurse.
No service has been arranged for night work but requests
have been very few. The emergency calls for a nurse between the
hours of, say, 7 and 10 p.m. are also few and have been met
without great difficulty.
VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION (SECTION 26)
Vaccination
During the year the Minister of Health approved an amendment
to the County Council's Proposals as to Vaccination and Immunisation
made under the National Health Service Act to the effect that
facilities would be made available at the clinics for infant
vaccination by medical officers in addition to the service provided
by general practitioners. This scheme has been well
received by the mothers and it is hoped that with its gradual
development the percentage of infants vaccinated will steeply
rise; but even more intensive education of parents on the
importance of vaccination is required. Vaccination is being
carried out on infants, preferably at four months but not over
12 months old.
The following table records the number of persons known to
have been vaccinated or re-vaccinated during 1952:-