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London County Council 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table (vi)—Nursing treatments completed, cases on books and average case load per nurse

194919541955195619571958
No.of completed treatments.37,85561,35264,25660,77256,39553,359
No. of patients being nursed at end of year(Not recorded)11,79212,53512,80613,74912,099
Average case load per nurse at end of year16.52324242724

HOME HELP SERVICE Statistics of the service given follow:

194919541955195619571958
Cases assisted25,93332,50334,78534,55735,73734,600
Applications deferred or refused
because home helps were not available3,50016161762525
Hours worked2,783,0004,601,1684,660,6004,779,6004,896,0004,651,500
Home helps employed at end of year2,3103,1243,1483,3263,3883,529
Equivalent of whole-time staff1,2651,9922,0292,0892,1162,033
Night helps for chronic sick
patients*—
Applications met6548374455
No. of new families assisted*—
Child help (resident)12(34)5(16)5(20)4(20)6(20)
Early morning and evening help185205180153197

* These are included in total cases assisted. Figures in brackets denote numbers of children involved. These extensions
of the service were introduced in 1953.
The pattern of cases assisted remained constant, four-fifths being aged and chronic
sick.
Specially
trained
home helps
There are now 118 specially trained home helps in the Council's service and during
1958 special home help was provided for 119 problem families. The scheme is now
an integral part of the home help service, and experience to date is encouraging.
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