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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
Kensington and Chelsea 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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1965, that the two District Nursing Associations should continue the agency service for a
further period until at least March, 1967, and thereafter subject to review.
The two District Nursing Associations have separate districts; the Kensington
District Nursing Association operates within the area of the former Royal Borough of Kensington,
and the Chelsea District Nursing Association covers the smaller area of the former Metropolitan
Borough of Chelsea.
In addition, the Kensington District Nursing Association employs at least two
nurses with midwifery qualifications, who undertake the nursing of both planned and unbooked
early discharge maternity patients from three hospitals whose catchment areas are within the
borough's boundaries.
The home nursing staff employed at 31st December, 1965, exclusive of supervisory staff was as follows:-
| State registered nurses | 33 |
| State enrolled nurses | 1 |
| Total number employed | 34 |
| Full-time equivalent | 31.25 |
| Students | 10 |
During the period 1st April to31st December, 1965, the number of Patients dealt
with was 2,589, and the total number of visits paid was 77,175. The average number of visits
to each patient was 29.8.
The number of coses nursed for three months or more was 257, being 9.9% of the total patients nursed.
| Types of case | Number of new cases undertaken | Percentage of total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical | 1,395 | 78.3 | ||||
| Surgical | 237 | 13.3 | ||||
| Tuberculosis | 19 | 1.1 | ||||
| Maternity - early discharge from hospital | 122 | 6.9 | ||||
| complications | 7 | 0.4 | ||||
| Mental ill-health | 1 | Less than 0.1 | ||||
| 1,781 | 100 | |||||
| At patients' homes | Elsewhere | Total | Percentage of total | |||
| Visits for - | ||||||
| Injections only | 17,872 | 705 | 18,577 | 24 | ||
| Injections plus other treatment | 1,459 | 11 | 1,470 | 2 | ||
| Other treatment only | 57,124 | 4 | 57,128 | 74 | ||
| 76,455 | 720 | 77,175 | 100 | |||