London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Harrow 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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Evening lectures were given by health visitors to young people's
groups (17 - 35 years old) on prophylactic medicine, also to mothers'
clubs, young wives groups. Girls' Brigade, Church organisations. Many
topics of health education were chosen by these groups.
Student Visits to the District
Programmes were arranged for groups of students to observe
activities in the local health authority field. These groups included student
nurses from nurses training schools.
Clinic Nurses
All 10 base clinics have a clinic nurse to help with clinic sessions,
e.g.: Minor Ailment, Immunisation, Toddlers' and Cytology Clinics,
School Hygiene Inspections, Foot Inspections, Treatment of Verruca
and Routine Medical Examinations at school.
Vision testing with the Keystone Telebinocular Vision Screener is
carried out by the clinic nurse, who is a state registered nurse. She is also
helping with routine visiting to the elderly mainly during school holidays
when the school work cannot be carried out.
Section 25 — Home Nursing
the total number of visits made by the staff increased by 2,732 and the number of visits that occupied the nurse for longer than one hour, and which are generally the "heavier" cases, showed an increase of 166.
| 1966 | 1967 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | Total number of persons nursed during the year | 2,061 | 1,922 |
| (2) | Number of persons under 5 years old at first visit | 40 | 46 |
| (3) | Number of persons 65 years or over at first visit | 1,386 | 1,286 |
| (4) | Total number of visits made during the year .. | 60,183 | 62,915 |
| (5) | Number of visits of over one hour's duration .. | 1,663 | 1,829 |
| (6) | New cases referred during the year | 1,465 | 1,300 |