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Students and Visitors.
A number of overseas visitors made visits of observation to welfare
centres and day nurseries. They included a ward sister from a Danish
hospital who spent a week in the department at the request of the Royal
College of Nursing to gain insight into the services; a medical officer
from the New York Health Department; and a Professor from the Department
of Sociology of the City University of New York, Visitors to welfare
centres from Norway, Sweden and Australia spent time with nursing officers
learning about the Public Health Nursing Services.
The newly appointed Eastern Area Organiser of the Royal College of
Nursing visited welfare centres and creches, with particular reference to
health education and health visitor/general practitioner attachments.
Visits of observation to day nurseries and welfare centres were also
arranged for 102 students from the Nurse Training Schools of St. Stephen's
St. Charles's and St. Mary Abbots' Hospitals, and for students from
Wellgarth Training College (18), Froebel Institute (48), North Western
Polytechnic (14) and Queen Elizabeth College (20).
Doctors taking the Diploma in Public Health (10) visited nurseries
and welfare centres, as did also overseas students from the Royal College
of Nursing (20), child care students (2), officers of the Department of
Health & Social Security (2), officers on the Council's own Induction
Course (120) and pupils of local schools (118).
Nursing officers took part in courses arranged by the London Boroughs
Training Committee, including courses on Management Appreciation for cent]
superintendents, a refresher course for day nursery matrons, and for
general duties assistants in junior training schools.
HOME NURSING.
This service is provided by the Kensington District Nursing
Association for the whole of the borough area, and the Council reimburse
the Association to the extent of 93% of net approved expenditure incurred
in providing the service. The supervising staff consisted of the
superintendent (Miss E.M. Evans, SRN, SCM, MTD) and two assistant
superintendents. Other home nursing staff employed at 31st December,
1968, were as follows:-
State registered nurses 30
Total full-time equivalent 29.5
Students 12
The figures of patients nursed for the year, compared with the
previous year, are as follows:-
1968
1967
Number of patients attended
2,768
2,659
Total visits paid
89,170
86,932
Average number of visits to
a patient
32.1
32.6
Number of patients attended
for at least three months
196
(or 7.1%)
329
(or 12.4%)