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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS IN THE HOME 1968
| Cause | No. | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Falls | 23 | There were 15 women and 8 men between 62 and 92 years of age. |
| Suffocation | 1 | There was 1 boy - age 3 weeks - asphyxia due to suffocation in cot. |
| Scalds | 1 | 1 woman - age 87 years - multiple scalds. |
| Burns | 2 | 1 woman age 75 years - bums of both legs. |
| 1 girl age 4 years - clothing took fire from a match. | ||
| Poisoning | 6 | 1 girl - age 29 years - strychnine |
| 1 woman - age 44 years - barbiturates | ||
| 1 woman - age 45 years - barbiturates | ||
| 1 woman - age 55 years - tuinal | ||
| 1 woman - age 78 years - carbon monoxide | ||
| 1 woman - age 89 years - carbon monoxide. | ||
| TOTAL | 33 |
GENERAL PRACTITIONER ASSISTANCE SCHEMES
(a) Attachment
(Health visitor, domiciliary midwife or home nurse is responsible for
all patients on the lists of specified general practitioners within the local
authority boundaries without a traditional geographical district).
Health Visitor Attachments 4
Domiciliary Midwife Attachments 3
Home Nurse Attachments 10
(b) Liaison.
(Health visitor, domiciliary midwife or home nurse is responsible both
for a geographical district and for the patients on the lists of specified
general practitioners. Where patients live outside the nurse's district,
though within the local authority boundaries, she does not herself visit
them but is responsible for liaison between the general practitioner and the
appropriate nurse).
Health Visitor Liaison 7
Domiciliary Midwife Liaison 23
Home Nurse Liaison 16
These figures are those for the year ended 31.12.68.