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DOMESTIC HELPS.
This service continued in great demand and it was necessary
to ask for an additional expenditure of £6,000 above that estimated
for the financial year concerned. An analysis of the work covered
shows the following approximate percentages:—
Maternity Cases 32.7
Sickness, acute 26.5
,, chronic 38.9
Sick Room Helpers 2.0
Number of Home Helps—January 1st
and December 31st, 1949:—
31/12/48. 31/12/49.
(a) Full-time 42 46
(b) Part-time 32 82
(2) Number of applications—
(a) Maternity 775
(b) Sickness 1,504
(c) Sick Room Helpers . 45
(3) Number of applications met—
(a) Maternity 746
(b) Sickness 1,492
(c) Sick Room Helpers . 45
(4) Average duration of services given—
(a) Maternity 14 days
(b) Sickness (acute cases) 10—21 days
(5) Amount recovered for services £3,115 0s. Od.
(6) Rate of remuneration of " Helps "—
(a) Maternity £4 14s. Od. per week
(b) Sickness 2s. per hour
HEALTH PROPAGANDA.
In addition to the continuous and detailed advice on health
matters, which form part of the daily duty of Doctors, Health
Visitors, Midwives, Mental Health Workers and other Officers
of the Department, certain general health propaganda features
were instituted. A well-constructed and attractive display panel
was loaned by the Central Council for Health Education, together
with a series of topics dealing with such subjects as " Food
Hygiene," " Diphtheria Immunisation," "Dental Hygiene,"
'' Work of the Health Visitor," etc.