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Persons aged 65 or over visited for the first
time 296
Mentally disordered persons 131
First visits not included in above 239
Total number of T.B. patients visited 521
Total number of patients other than T.B. attending
the Chest Clinic 139
Subsequent visits to children under 5 years 23,311
Visits to ante-natal mothers 430
Total number of visits to the elderly 556
Total number of miscellaneous visits 3,395
Total number of maternity and child health
sessions attended 3,541
Total number of other clinic sessions attended 708
Ineffective visits 8,658
HOME NURSING
Mrs. P. Tierney, s.r.n., q.n.
Superintendent, Home Nursing Service
General Hospitals
Arrangements have been made, and are now in progress, for
Student and Pupil Nurses to accompany District Nurses for one
day, to obtain knowledge of the work to be undertaken.
Geriatric Hospitals
District Nurses are now invited into the hospitals to see
patients before they are discharged into their care, and to discuss
with hospital staff treatment and capabilities of the patients.
Family Doctors
Nurses are appointed to geographical areas and are responsible
to family doctors for patients who are registered in their
particular area. Co-operation between doctors and nurses continues
to be satisfactory. No liaison or attachment schemes are in
operation.
Statistics
A total of 3,192 persons were nursed during the year, 11 of
whom were under 5 years of age, and 1,425 were over 65 years
of age. This represents a total decrease over 1968 but is the
same as for 1967, with the number of aged remaining stable. The
number of visits made was 98,153, an average of 30.75 visits per
patient during the year.