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information in several languages is handed out to immigrants at sea and air ports of
arrival, where medical inspectors or port medical officers ascertain destination addresses
and notify the appropriate medical officers of health, so that follow-up visits can be
made. These are carried out by health visitors or in the case of single male immigrants by
a public health inspector..
During the year, 471 advice notes of arrivals were received and 258 "first"
successful visits made.
Nursing Homes
There are two nursing homes in the Borough registered under the provisions of Part
VI of the Public Health Act, 1936, and the Nursing Homes Act, 1963; neither is
registered under the Abortion Act, 1967. A senior medical officer continued to visit and
advise the matrons on aspects of health, hygiene, prevention of accidents and other
matters.
Blind and Partially Sighted
During the year the Council's consultant ophthalmologist carried out examinations
of blind and partially sighted persons under the provisions of Section 29 of the National
Assistance Act, 1948. In addition B.D.8 certificates were received from hospitals and
other local authorities.
The figures for 1969 were as follows:
Number of examinations arranged 190
Initial examinations 73
Pre-examinations 117
Number certified as blind 32
Number certified as partially sighted 153
Number found to be neither blind nor partially sighted 5
Blind certificates accepted from hospitals 27
Partially sighted certificates accepted from hospitals 23
Blind certificates accepted from other local authorities 6
Partially sighted certificates accepted from other local authorities
Chiropody
In view of the difficulty in recruiting chiropodists the Council agreed to a scheme
to sponsor trainee chiropodists, and the establishment was amended to include three. In
addition authority was given to alter the establishments of chiropodists to 1 chief, 8 full
time senior chiropodists and 1 part time chiropodist (7 sessions). At 31 December 1969
the number of chiropodists employed was 1 chief, 5 senior and 6 sessional chiropodists
(2.0 full time equivalent).
The number of sessions held during the year was 3,460 and the attendances were as
follows
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