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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

Merton and Morden 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]

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SECTION B. — HEALTH SERVICES.
Nursing in the Home. There are three Associations carrying
on this work in the area, all affiliated to the County Nursing
Association, the County Council now being responsible for this
service. Details of the work carried out by these Associations
during 1950 are as follows:—
(1) The Merton District Nursing Association employs one
nurse for general nursing, no midwifery or maternity nursing being
undertaken. The district this Association serves is approximately
the ecclesiastical parish of St. Mary's.
(2) The St. Helier District Nursing Association employs two
full-time nurses for general nursing. No midwifery or maternity
nursing is undertaken. Its activities cover the whole of the
Merton and Morden portion of the St. Helier Estate and, in
addition, that part situated in the Carshalton Urban District
lying to the north of Reigate Avenue.
During the year 280 cases were dealt with by the St. Helier
District Nursing Assosciation, the total number of visits being
4,281.

Table: (3) The Wimbledon District Nursing Association serves Wimbledon and the western part of this district. Two full-time nurses and two part-time nurses are employed for general nursing in Merton and Morden. The figures relating to cases and visits in this district during the year are as follows: —

(3) The Wimbledon District Nursing Association serves Wimbledon and the western part of this district. Two full-time nurses and two part-time nurses are employed for general nursing in Merton and Morden. The figures relating to cases and visits in this district during the year are as follows: —

CasesVisits
Children under 5 years1580
Other cases55310,484
56810,564

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Hospital Car Service. This most valuable service was continued
during the year, relieving the ambulances of a great
burden of calls by providing transport for out-patients requiring
hospital treatment. The service, under the auspices of the
British Red Cross and St. John Ambulance Brigade, is conducted
on a voluntary basis by public-spirited persons who put themselves
and their vehicles at the disposal of the organisation. A
charge of 6d. per mile is made to cover partly the actual
running cost.
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