Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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
1949 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | |
No.of completed treatments. | 37,855 | 61,352 | 64,256 | 60,772 | 56,395 | 53,359 |
No. of patients being nursed at end of year | 11,792 | 12,535 | 12,806 | 13,749 | 12,099 | |
Average case load per nurse at end of year | 23 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 24 |
1949 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | |||||
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Cases assisted | 32,503 | 34,785 | 34,557 | 35,737 | 34,600 | |||||
Applications deferred or refused | ||||||||||
because home helps were not available | 161 | 61 | 76 | 25 | 25 | |||||
Hours worked | 4,601,168 | 4,660,600 | 4,779,600 | 4,896,000 | 4,651,500 | |||||
Home helps employed at end of year | 3,124 | 3,148 | 3,326 | 3,388 | 3,529 | |||||
Equivalent of whole-time staff | 1,992 | 2,029 | 2,089 | 2,116 | 2,033 | |||||
Night helps for chronic sick | ||||||||||
patients*— | ||||||||||
Applications met | — | 65 | 48 | 37 | 44 | 55 | ||||
No. of new families assisted*— | ||||||||||
Child help (resident) | — | 12(34) | 5(16) | 5(20) | 4(20) | 6(20) | ||||
Early morning and evening help | — | 185 | 205 | 180 | 153 | 197 |
* 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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