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Fulham 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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| Number of cases receiving service at end of the year:- | |
| Maternity | 2 |
| Tuberculosis | 19 |
| Chronic Sick | 630 |
| Others | 36 |
HOME NURSING
In Fulham, Home Nursing is provided by the Fulham District Nursing Association, a
voluntary body which receives the major part of its financial resources from the London
County Council, the Statutory body responsible for the provision of this service under
the National Health Service Act, 1946.
The Department receives every co-operation from the Superintendent, Miss P. N. Crook,
S.R.N., S.C.M., Q.N., and Mr. Vernon Phillips, Secretary/Accountant of the Association,
who has kindly supplied the following details of the nurses work.
FULHAM DISTRICT NURSING ASSOCIATION
| NURSES' WORK 1961 | 1960 | 1961 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases nursed | 1,714 | 1,778 | |||
| Visits to patients | 54,356 | 54,040 | |||
| Visits to patients over 65 years | 44,513 | 43,104 | |||
| NEW CASES | |||||
| Sent by Doctors | 1,138 | 1,191 | |||
| Sent by Hospitals | 524 | 539 | |||
| Sent by T.B. Clinic | 18 | 9 | |||
| Sent by L.C.C. | 3 | 2 | |||
| Sent by Public Health Department | 4 | 8 | |||
| Sent by Police | - | 1 | |||
| Sent by Rabbi | 1 | - | |||
| Direct Approach | 26 | 28 | |||
| 1.714 | 1.778 | ||||
| RESULTS | |||||
| Cured | 789 | 804 | |||
| Sent to Hospital | 402 | 408 | |||
| Died | 110 | 137 | |||
| Transferred to other areas | 16 | 17 | |||
| Remaining on books | 397 | 412 | |||
| 1 714 | 1,778 | ||||
| CASES NURSED | |||||
| Medical | 1,297 | 40,188 | 1,341 | 40,061 | |
| Surgical | 278 | 11,910 | 296 | 12, 176 | |
| Infectious Diseases | 2 | 10 | 1 | 9 | |
| T.B. Medical and Surgical | 33 | 1, 582 | 31 | 1, 087 | |
| Maternity Complications | 34 | 254 | 48 | 310 | |
| Under 5 years | 69 | 411 | 61 | 397 | |
| Various | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 1,714 | 54,356 | 1,778 | 54, 040 | ||
The percentage of visits to patients over 65 years of age remains very high and it is
interesting to note that at the end of March, 150 of these patients were over 80 years old!