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The largest single group of students was hospital student nurses.
Facilities were provided for over 600 student nurses during the year. These
visits have been included in nurse training for a number of years with the object
of giving students some insight into the social aspects of disease. The new General
Nursing Council syllabus will increase the amount of time allocated to this
aspect of nursing.
Students who visited the nursing services included students studying
economics, social sciences, teaching, child care and speech therapy.
Overseas visitors came from all continents excepting Antarctica. Every
effort is made to make visits as interesting and instructive as possible, but the
time involved is steadily increasing.
HEALTH VISITING
Cases visited by Health Visitors
Children born in 1969 5,691
Children born in 1968 6,078
Children born in 1964-67 14,625
26,394
Persons aged 65 and over 227*
Mentally disordered persons 413
Persons, excluding Maternity cases discharged
from hospital (other than Mental Hospitals) 94+
Number of Tuberculous households visited 7
Number of households visited on account of
other infectious diseases 94
Other cases 4,406
Number of Tuberculous Households
visited by Tuberculosis Visitors 421
Total number of effective visits and re-visits 82,252
Total number of unsuccessful visits 17,542