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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hornsey 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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HOME NURSING SERVICE
(Section 25)
The treatment of cases during the year may be classified as follows:-
Injections 1058
General nursing care 604
Blanket baths 313
Enemas 218
Dressings 263
Preparation for diagnostic
investigation 264
Pessaries changed 48
Wash-outs, douches, etc. 45
Attendance at minor operation 1
Other treatments 77

Table: The sex and age of patients at the time of the nurse's first visit may be classified as follows:-

The sex and age of patients at the time of the nurse's first visit may be classified as follows:-

AgeMalesFemales
0-41715
5-154032
16 - 3962173
40 - 64274472
65 and over5251191
9201881

Table: Cases attended during the year were referred from the following sources: -

Cases attended during the year were referred from the following sources: -

General Practitioners2037
Hospitals734
Chest Physicians12
Health Department4
Direct14

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It has been possible to keep a reasonably full staff of home nurses during
1959. Over the year, 28 nurses were employed in this service (including two
male nurses).
The number of part-time nurses has been reduced to four for the whole
Area. This is a desirable change as it allows the work to be more evenly
distributed over the whole of the nurses' working day.
Very little change has been noted in the types of work, a preponderance
of time is still spent with the aged and the aged sick. Many of the problems of
these old people are the result of trying to maintain life when alone or feeble
or helpless.
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