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This home visiting is a most important part of the work, as the
Nurses instruct the relatives with regard to the best methods to be
employed to prevent the spread of the disease. They also make suggestions
as to how the patient can obtain the maximum of benefit for
his health while living at home.
The homes are visited from time to time, and in this way it is
possible to see that satisfactory methods are being carried out with
regard to precautionary measures.
The number of such visits paid by the Nurses during the year
was 4,603.
Contacts are persuaded to attend the Dispensary for examination.
ISSUE OF SHELTERS, ETC.
Shelters are lent to patients who have suitable accommodation for
their erection in either gardens or yards attached to their homes. This
enables the patient to sleep alone and at the same time in the open-air.
Bedsteads have been lent to patients who have been found to be
sleeping with other members of the family, and who have been unable
to afford the extra expense incurred in purchasing new ones.
HOME NURSING.
When necessary, home nursing has been carried out to bed-ridden
patients by members of the Ranyard Nursing Association and the Benson
Nurses' Home.
CO-ORDINATION OF DISPENSARY WITH OTHER
HEALTH SERVICES.
As in previous years, there has been complete co-ordination between
the L.C.C. and the School Medical Services and the Maternity and
Child Welfare Services of the Borough.
The relations between the L.C.C., the Ministry of Pensions, and
the Medical Practitioners in the district, and the Dispensary have been
most satisfactory.
Each Saturday morning session is given over entirely to children
under and of school age.