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Breast Examination
Referred to Surgeon 8
Found to require treatment
advanced carcinoma 1
It seems that the clinics are fulfilling quite a significant part in the
screening of diverse gynaecological disorders, apart from the essential role of
detecting carcinoma and pre-cancerous lesions of the cervix uteri.
Again I have to pay tribute to the Patnological Laboratory and to the
Consultant Gynaecologists and Surgeons and also to the General Practitioners
for their help and co-operation.
HEALTH VISITING
During 1968 Health Visitors and Clinic Nurses made the following home
visits:-
(a) to pre-school children 27,693
(b) to schoolchildren 2,763
(c) to adults 8,329
The number of cases referred directly to the health visiting service,
(other than discharges of maternity patients) by hospitals and general
practitioners, remains at a low figure, and referrals are mainly concerning
the aged.
Despite the service operating at 50½ below establishment, there has been
a marked increase in health education commitments in schools. Early in the year
a programme of in-service training was prepared and given to staff by the Deputy
Superintendent Health Visitor.
Help was given in planning the health education programme, and in the
choosing of visual aids.