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1st Week
On ^uty: 8 a m. to 3 p m
for 6 days during the
week
Off duty: One period of 24
hours during the week,
i e. from 6 am one day
to 6 am the next day
2nd Week
On duty 2 p.m. to 6 a.m
for 4 days except on opposite
midwife's day off
when she will be on duty
for 24 hours
Off duty: Friday 6 am,. to
Monday 6a.m.
This system has resulted in the working and "on call"
hours being reduced from 132, before the institution of
the rota, to 85½ hours weekly. The effect of this is, of
course, that during her time on duty the midwife is even
more fully engaged than under the previous system. It has,
however, been popular with the midwives and an entirely
satisfactory service can be given to the public.
Applications for the services of a midwife should be
made through a Maternity and Child Welfare Clinic.
HOME NURSING SERVICE.
There are 23 full-time Home Nurses and 8 part-time
Home Nurses in Ealing, including two male nurses. During
the year a total of 73,387 visits was made to 3,561
patients. The object of the service is to enable those
patients whose illness does not require hospital admission
to be nursed at home. The duties carried out comprised
general nursing, blanket bathing, giving of enemata and
injections of antibiotics, etc. Hydraulic hoists are
available for lifting of patients and orthopaedic walking
aids are supplied. An increasing proportion of the work
is concerned with old people.
The services of a home nurse are available at the
request of the patient's medical practitioner or hospital
medical officer. Application should be made to the Area
Medical Officer, Town Hall, Ealing, W. 5.
HOME HELP SERVICE.
The Home Help Service provides domestic help in time
of illness. All normal household duties, including shopping,
cooking, washing, cleaning, and looking after
children are undertaken. There is an equivalent of 126
full-time home helps in Ealing, At the end of the year
there were over 829 cases receiving help. The order of
priority is acute sick, maternity cases, tuberculosis,
and chronic sick and aged. Nevertheless, over 80% of
those helped were old people. Payment is based on the
patient's resources and ranges from no charge to 4/- per