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The categories of cases helped during the year were as follows:—
Chronic Sick under Aged 65 years of age or
65 years of age —266 over —1979
Maternity —245
Other (Acute illness, Mental Disorder, Problem
Families etc.) —206
NIGHT ATTENDANT SERVICE
This Service is provided to give relief to relatives of
seriously ill patients being nursed at home. A relative might
have to care day and night for a seriously ill patient and the
service is provided to allow the relative to have a rest at night
knowing that the patient is being cared for. Details of the
assistance given during the year is shown in Table 14 below
with the figures for 1967 in brackets.

The Night Attendant Service is helped considerably by the
Marie Curie Memorial Fund which provides a nursing service
for certain cases. This service is operated by the Health and
Welfare Department as agents for the Marie Curie Fund, the
supervision of the scheme being undertaken by the Chief Nursing
Officer. During the year 20 patients were provided with night
attention for a total of 1,843 hours by this Scheme.
GOOD NEIGHBOUR SERVICE
The Good Neighbour Service is provided to give care to
housebound patients by enrolling neighbours to visit them during
various times of the day. The Good Neighbour can see that the
fires are attended to, that the patient is fed, and attend to all
the other needs of the patient in addition to the attention given
by the Home Help who attends for 2 or 3 hours on weekdays to
undertake the housework, cleaning, shopping etc. Difficulties
are experienced in some instances in enrolling persons willing
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