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Hornsey 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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PREVENTION OF ILLNESS, CARE, AND AFTER CARE
(Section 28)
Recuperative Holidays
The Area health staff continued to be responsible for dealing with
applications for recuperative holidays and during 1958 177 applications
were received compared with 253 the previous year. Of these, 142 were
approved.
DOMESTIC HELP SERVICE
(Section 29)
The total number of cases provided with home help during the year
was 1715, the bulk of the cases comprising the chronic sick, including aged
and infirm, who need more or less permanent help. The demands on the
organisation can be readily appreciated when it is realised that nearly
1,000 patients require help week by week.
The following table shows details of the cases served during the year:—
| Cases provided with help | No. of new cases provided with help | No. of old cases for which help was continued from 1957 | Total No. of cases provided with help during year | Total No. of cases still being provided with help at end of year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternity (including expectant mothers) | 106 | 10 | 116 | 6 |
| Tuberculosis | 13 | 34 | 47 | 30 |
| Chronic Sick (including aged and infirm) | 481 | 941 | 1,422 | 945 |
| Others | 118 | 12 | 130 | 13 |
| Total | 718 | 997 | 1,715 | 994 |