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No. of Cases Visited by Health Visitors
Children born in 1969 5,633
Children born in 1968 5,107
Children born in 1964/67 7,140
17,880
Persons aged 65 years and over 85
Persons aged 65 years and over (visited at special
request of G.P. or Hospital) 45
Mentally Disordered Persons 38
Mentally Disordered Persons (visited at special
request of G.P. or Hospital) 9
Persons Discharged from Hospitals other than Mental
(excl. maternity cases) 28
Persons Discharged from Hospitals other than Mental
(excl. maternity cases) (visited at special request
of G.P. or Hospital) 21
Tuberculous Households Visited 19
Households Visited re Other Infectious Diseases 113
Total Effective Visits and Re-visits 48,148
Unsuccessful Visits 10,987
Health Visitors—Full-time equivalent 34.05
T.B. Visitors and T.B. Health Visitors—Full-time
equivalent 6.0
Co-operation with Hospital Departments
Health visitors attend the diabetic clinics at Greenwich District
Hospital and the paediatric clinics at the Memorial Hospital.
During this year it has been possible to recommence the practice
of a health visitor attending ante-natal clinics and the paediatric
clinic at the Greenwhich District Hospital.
Problem Family Index
Improvement in the staffing position has enabled rather more
time to be spent in helping and supporting those families which
have specific and sometimes intractable problems. In all areas
of the Borough there are families needing a great deal of support
in order to cope with the increasing stresses of life. Most of them
are families with many children often close together in age. Such
families are put on a problem family Index. There were 226
families on the Index in 1969 with a total of 381 children under
5 years of age. With the co-operation of the health visitors the
Index is constantly reviewed and checked yearly. These problem
families receive frequent visits from health visitors who give
them encouraging help and advice and, at times, material assistance
and who call in specialist help when necessary. There is con-