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Nursery Nursing Staff.
Eleven students commenced nursery nurse training during the year.
The period of training is two years and is in accordance with the
syllabus regulations approved by the National Nursery Examination Board.
Five students were awarded the Certificate of the NNEB consequent
upon success in the examination, and satisfactory completion of the
course of training.
A nursery assistant at Cheyne Day Nursery undertook a Child Care
Reserve Course at the North Western Polytechnic and was successful in
being awarded the Nursery Warden's Certificate.
Home Nursing.
As agreed by the Council on 8th December, 1965, the two District
Nursing Associations for Kensington and Chelsea continued to provide
home nursing services in the borough area, the Associations being
reimbursed by the Council to the extent of 93% of net approved
expenditure incurred in providing the service. The two Associations have
separate districts, each covering the areas of the former Metropolitan
Boroughs, but towards the end of the year negotiations were opened with
a view to amalgamation of the two associations into one administrative
unit for providing the service for the whole borough.

During the period 1st January 1966 to 31st December 1966 the number
of patients visited was 2,710 compared with 2,589* in 1965, and the
total number of visits paid was 95,433 in 1966 and 77,175* in 1965.
The average number of visits to each patient was 35.2 compared with
29.8 in 1965. The number of cases nursed for three months or more was
239 in 1966 and 257* in 1965, being 9.2% and 9.9% respectively of the
total patients nursed.