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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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HOME HELP SERVICE
Staff at 31.12.66.
1 Principal Home Help Organiser
5 District Organisers
1 Tutor Organiser
5 Clerical Assistants
1 Assessment Officer
20 Full Time Home Helps
181 Part Time Home Helps
Summary of work carried out during the year under review:—
| Patients remaining on books from 1965 | 1,561 |
| New Applicants | 1,294 |
| Patients carried forward to 1967 | 1,674 |
| New Applicants | |
| (a) Maternity | 437 |
| (b) Sickness | 898 |
| (c) For Night Service | 1 |
| Classification of Cases Attended | |
| (a) Maternity | 418 |
| (0) Tuberculosis | 13 |
| (c) Chronic Sick including Old Age | 2,189 |
| (d) Others including Acute Sick, Problem | |
| Families and Mental Health | 215 |
| Number of Hours of Service Given | 217,792 |
| Average Duration of Service Given | |
| (a) Maternity | 10 days |
| (b) Acute Sickness | 10-21 days |
| (c) Chronic Sickness | Indefinitely |
| Amount Recovered for Service | £11,536.8.8 |
Rate of Remuneration of Home Helps at 31.12.66.
5/l¾ per hour - Home Helps
4/11 ¾ " " - Washing Service
5/6¾ " " - Problem Family Helps
£12.10.5d per week - Family Helps
10/-d " " - Disinfestation