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SOCIAL WORKERS LUNCHEON CLUB
These monthly meetings at Leyton Green Clinic have continued to be well attended
To achieve our aim of promoting the attainment of complete health within the family
group, team work is essential and this can only be achieved by a deeper understanding
of the needs of the family and by knowing personally the many social workers concerned
with family care
HEALTH VISITS
During the year the Health Visitors made 19,532 visits to homes:-
(1) Cases visited for the first time in the current year-
(a) Children born in 1959 411
" " " 1960 724
" " " 1961 878
" " " 1962 1078
" " " 1963 1513
" " " 1964 1807
(b) Persons aged 65 or over 1554
(c) Others (excluding school nursing cases) 1786
(2) Number included in item (1) -
(a) Mentally disordered persons 200
(b) Persons discharged from hospital (other
than mental hospitals) 233
(3) Number included in item (1) and where appropriate
item (2) who were visited at the special request
of a GP or hospital-
(a) Persons aged 65 or over 263
(b) Mentally disordered persons 61
(c) Persons discharged from hospital (other
than mental hospitals) 114
(4) Total number of effective visits to-
(a) Children under 5 years of age 12719
(b) Persons aged 65 or over 2792
(c) Others (excluding school nursing cases) 4021
Total effective visits 19532
(5) Total number of ineffective visits to -
(a) Children under 5 years of age 2413
(b) Persons aged 65 or over 528
(c) Others (excluding school nursing cases) 487
Total ineffective visits 3428
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