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Student Health Visitors
As in previous years the Borough sponsored two students for training as Health Visitors.
STATISTICS
Midwifery Service
Number of domiciliary confinements attended by midwives 177
Number of hospital confinements attended by domiciliary midwives 27
Cases delivered in hospitals and attended by domiciliary midwives on
discharge within:
2 days 258
3 - 7 days 700
8 or more days 892
Home Nursing Service
Total number of persons nursed during the year 2,207
Number of persons who were aged under 5 at first visit 14
Number of persons who were aged 65 or over at first visit 1,436
Health Visiting Service
Cases Visited by Health Visitors Number of Cases
Children born in 1972 2,578
Other children under 5 4,640
7,218
Persons aged between 5 and 16 seen as part of health visiting 179
Persons aged between 17 and 64 2,109
Persons aged 65 or over 360
Number of tuberculous households visited 122
Number of households visited on account of other infectious diseases 65
Persons included above who are:-
Mentally handicapped 48
Mentally ill ... 30
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