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Hammersmith 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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Home Nursing Service . National Health Service Act, 1946, Section 25.

First VisitsRe-visitsTotal
Age 581(109)498 (695)579
5 - 64997 (1,113)22,374 (22,788)23,371 (23,901)
65 years and over1,821 (1,919)82,165 (80,043)83,986 (81,962)
All age2,899 (3,141)105,037 (103,526)107,936 (106,667)

An evening clinic is held for patients at work who require injections, at which a total of
2,308 attendances were made.
Home Bathing Service
For those persons not requiring full nursing care, this services has enabled the staff of the
Home Nursing Service to give additional assistance to elderly persons returning to their homes
from hospital who require trained supervision and encouragement to maintain the level of rehabilitation
achieved.
Loan of equipment - National Health Service Act, 1946. Section 28.
The nursing of persons in their own homes is assisted by the provision of equipment. The
increasing supply of incontinence pads and protective pants and interliners continues to provide
patients with a service greatly appreciated by the households in which they live.
The following articles were issued on loan during 1967:-
21,4 (163) Commodes
117 ( 88) Wheelchairs
22 ( 9) Walking Aids
5 ( 16) Tripod Stick
9 ( 14) Fracture Boards
5(5) Easi-Carri Hoists
16 ( 22) Hoists
860 (168) Incontinence Pad Deliveries
Home Help Service - National Health Service Act, 1946, Section 29.
This service is under constant pressure and, together with the Home Nursing Service, is
instrumental in providing the necessary support by which maternity cases, the frail elderly, and
acute sick can be cared for in their own homes.
The demands made upon this service are great, and there is difficulty in recruiting applicants,
especially those whose own home commitments make it possible for their services to be available
during early morning and evening. The availability of more staff willing to undertake
these morning and evening shifts would greatly assist those families where the mother is absent
from the home, and the children are cared tor during the day at school or in the Council's Day
Nurseries. The total of cases in which service was given was 2,748 (2,711).
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