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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

London County Council 1961

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

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HOME NURSING
(A special article, Appendix B, reviews the home nursing service in London since 1931.)
Details of the work done by the 25 voluntary grant-aided district nursing associations
who acted as agents for the Council are given below:

Table: Table (i)— Staff (numbers employed at31December)*

Table (i)— Staff (numbers employed at31December)*

19571958195919601961
State registered nurses533506512517495
State enrolled assistant nurses3033343435
Total number of nurses employed563539546551530
Male nurses (included above)4141393938
Full-time equivalent of nurses employed522496507508492
Students5265782764
Male students (included above)466—2

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* Exclusive of supervisory staff.

Table: Table (ii)— Types of case nursed and visits paid

Table (ii)— Types of case nursed and visits paid

Type of caseNumber of patients nursedPercentage totalAverage number of visits to each patientTotal visits
Medical39,75681.0321,281,293
Surgical5,43411.141221,543
Infectious diseases2200.4122,536
Tuberculous9972.05151,000
Maternal complications1,3962.868,547
Others1,3342.72836,941
49,1371000331,601,860

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The total visits for 1959 and 1960 were 1,763,296 and 1,690,084 respectively.

Table: T able (iii)— Types of treatment and location

T able (iii)— Types of treatment and location

Visits forAt patient's homeElsewhere (e.g., Nurses' Homes)Percentage of total visits
Injections only546,95926,38336
Injections plus other treatment89,3582,5386
Other treatment only930,4136,20958
1,566,73035,130100

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The proportion of visits for 'injection only' fell during the year by two per cent.
compared with reductions in the previous three years of four, five, and three per cent.
respectively. Over the four year period there has been a fall of 14 per cent.

Table: T able (iv)— Long-term cases (i.e., those visited more than 24 times during year)

T able (iv)— Long-term cases (i.e., those visited more than 24 times during year)

NumberPercentage of total patients nursed
10,23620.8

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The percentage of long-term cases shows an increase of two per cent. on the previous
year.
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