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City of London 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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SECTION 29 - DOMESTIC HELP
There were 16 (24) new cases, 11 (17) chronic sick, 7 (3) under 65 years of age, I family
help, 2 maternity and 2 others. 24 (10) cases were removed for various reasons.
Number of home helps employed on 31 st December, 1969:-
Full time 4 (3)
Part time 4 (6)
Number of clients in receipt of service: 52 (60)
All applicants for home help service had their needs met. There is now a stable nucleus of
home helps who have managed to give service to clients even during difficult period, i.e. staff
holidays and sickness.
In order to carry out assessments of need and to ensure that the service was running smoothly
362 (479) visits were paid by the Metropolitan District Nursing Association Superintendent
and Nursing Staff.
In December, due to a rise in salary for Home Helps, the cost of the service was revised
to IO/9d. per hour. Of the 52 clients receiving the service 45 received free service, 2 paid the
full cost, and 5 others paid a reduced sum.
EDUCATION ACT, 1944
SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
The School Health Service functions are provided at Sir John Cass's Foundation School by
doctors from the Department. One Assistant Health and Welfare Officer continues to perform the
duties of school nurse.
During the year the following school medical inspections were carried out:-
Routine 67 (78) children inspected
Special 8 (6) children inspected
Re-inspection 87 (80) children inspected
Comprehensive Health 223(456) children inspected
Survey
Selective Survey 55 (226) chiIdren inspected
The Comprehensive and Selective inspections are conducted by the School Nurse. The general
standard of hygiene amongst the school children was good, and no head nor body infestation
occurred during the year. Home visits were made to the City parents to follow up matters arising
from the medical inspections.
School Dental Service. (The statistics given here complement the Dental Officer's Report)
| 1968 | 1969 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sessions at Dental Centre | 61 | 59 |
| New cases attended by appointment | 162 | 195 |
| On treatment cases given appointments | 306 | 203 |
| Emergency attendances | 1 | 1 |
| Total attendances | 469 | 398 |
| 1st inspections carried out at school | 187 | 191 |
| 1st inspections carried out at clinic | 1 | 2 |
| Percentage requiring treatment | 45.7 | 34.3 |
| Dental Officer — whole time equivalent | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Special Clinics
A clinic is held at the Sir John Cass's Foundation School from time to time for those pupils
who have been examined at school medical inspections for whom further investigation is felt
to be necessary. During 1969, 7 (I) such clinics were held, and 30 (3) children examined.
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