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Other referrals from outside the City were also helped. A total of 94 cases were assisted,
32 of that number being personal applications.
Welfare Foods
The sale of Welfare Foods continues at the Child Welfare Centre, St. Bartholomew's Hospital
and at the Guildhall Health Department.
SECTION 23 - MIDWIFERY SERVICE
The Melropolitan District Nursing Association continues to provide domiciliary midwifery
services in the City. There were two home confinements during the year. No requests for midwifery
services within the Temples has been made.
Midwives Act, 1951
The Corporation as the Supervising Authority for the City of London received 25 (27) notifications
of intention to practise from midwives during the year.
SECTION 24 - HEALTH VISITING
Home visits to Children under 5 years 1966 1967
Successful visits 190 237
Unsuccessful visits 59 55
Primary visits to children under 1 year 26 17
In April 1967 theHealth Visitor resigned to take up an appointment in another London Borough.
She was replaced by the appointment of an Assistant Health and Welfare Officer. In the following
month an additional appointment of another Assistant Health and Welfare Officer was made.
The liaison between the Health and Welfare Officers and the doctors of the one general practice
in the City continues. Regular meetings take place and patients who need the supporting care of
the health and welfare services are visited by the Assistant Health and Welfare Officers. In this
way the services provided to aid the sick, handicapped and the elderly infirm, can be so devised
as to give fuller benefit to individuals in specific need.
In the field of maternal and child care, the health of the children under five living in the City
is of a high standard. Home visiting gives the Assistant Health and Welfare Officers the opportunity
to advise and teach health maintenance within the home environment. It also provides social
contact and this is important as many of our families are a moving rather than a settled population.
Tuberculosis Health Visiting
1966 1967
Cases notified (residents) 6 3
Home visits 27 5
Workplaces (offices and shops) are also visited to follow up contacts of cases among City
Workers. 64 contacts were advised and arrangements made for themtoreceive medical investigation.
SECTION 25 - HOME NURSING
The home nursing service is provided by the Metropolitan District Nursing Association.
General Nursing
1966 1967
Nursing visits 2668 2713
Number of patients at the end of the year 19 19
As follows:-
Visits to children under 5 years 10 —
Visits to age group 5 years to 64 years 232 208
Visits to persons over 65 years 2426 2505
Type of Nursing Care and Treatment
Injections only 360 344
Injections plus nursing treatment — 12
Nursing care and treatment 2308 2357
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