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1952
1953
1954
No. of old people on
register at beginning of
year 3,388 4,949 5,017
No. of cases lost 250 355 604
No. of initial visits 1,844 2,027 2,292
No. of re-visits 1,536 2,387 2,598
No. of interviews 1,739 1,005 2,054
Taking the figures as a basis it would appear that each
case has received an initial visit, and re-visits would appear
to have been made at the rate of one in three years. This is
false deduction, because some old people need to be re-visited
on many occasions; for example, the number of special cases,
including chronic sick cases discharged from hospital, is
increasing and these need closer attention than many other old
people. In 1952 the number of visits paid to chronic sick
cases was 196 and in 1954 the number of such visits increased
to 500.
The visiting of old persons is an essential feature of
the welfare work in connection with their care, and it is
inevitable that the Council will sooner or later have to
review the question of increasing the staff employed for this
purpose.
VITAL STATISTICS
The table set out on the next two pages (following the
graphs opposite), gives the important vital statistics for
1954, together with comparative figures for the previous
seven years.