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As the Council are aware, we are now receiving the great bulk
of Tottenham's infectious cases. The Hospital is thus working
continuously at full pressure, and it is therefore necessary to look
to the future if the standard of efficiency hitherto aimed at is to be
maintained. It is for this reason that the improvements noted
above are now being carried out, which improvements should
materially assist the smooth-running of the Hospital.
When the new bedrooms are completed it is hoped that the
nursing staff will be correspondingly supplemented. Further
remarks on this subject, together with full details of the year's
Clinical work at the Hospital, will be found on pages 60-70.
Nursing in the Home.—(a) The Southgate Queen's Nursing
Association still continues its excellent work. During 1933 the
nurses made a total of 11,564 domiciliary visits. At the Physicotherapeutic
Clinic 1,071 patients were treated and the total number
of treatments given was 6,200.
(b) As before it is not considered necessary to provide a nurse
for infectious diseases in the home.
Additional Health Visitor.—The time now appears ripe for
the addition of a third Health Visitor to the Public Health Staff.
The Council will remember that the present Health Visitors devote
almost all their time to duties in connection with Maternity and
Child Welfare work, and a Health Visitor for purely Public Health
services would appear very desirable. Such a Health Visitor could
be employed upon work in connection with the visitation of tuberculosis
patients, the following up of infectious disease cases discharged
from the Isolation Hospital, the home visitation of cases of nonnotifiable
infectious disease reported from the schools, the Immunisation
Clinic duties and other ancillary but extremely important
Public Health measures. A discussion on the subject has already
taken place and it is hoped that, by the time this Report is
circulated, the new Health Visitor will actually be a member of the
Staff.
Midwives.—There are 10 midwives practising in the area.
They come under the supervision of the County Authority, and
none is employed or subsidised by the local Council.
Clinics and Treatment Centres.—No change from the
arrangements noted in the Report for 1930. A full list of these
Clinics will be found in that Report.
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