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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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These follow up visits have been a comfort to the elderly and the
health visitors found that they often could offer comfort and support
after bereavement.
Clinic Nurses
All ten clinics have a State Registered Nurse attached to assist the
health visitor team with clinic duties and allow the health visitor more time
for her specialised work in the community. They are in charge of minor
ailment sessions, immunisation and toddlers' clinics, 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. She also assists with routine visiting of the
elderly under the supervision of the health visitor.
Section 25 — Home Nursing
Establishment
The total establishment of home nurses at 31st December 1969, was
as follows
Superintendent
Deputy Superintendent
Home Nurses (whole-time equivalent) 24
The home nursing staff continued to attend patients in their homes and carried out all types of nursing care ordered by the patients' doctors and as the following tables show, completed another busy year, with a slight fall in the total number of persons nursed compared with 1968, but an increase in the actual number of visits.
| 1968 | 1969 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | Total number of persons nursed during the year | 2,130 | 2,041 |
| (2) | Number of persons under 5 years old at first visit | 50 | 40 |
| (3) | Number of persons 65 years or over at first visit | 1,467 | 1,437 |
| (4) | Total number of visits made during the year | 62,745 | 66,848 |
| (5) | Number of visits of over one hour's duration | 1,872 | 2,827 |
| (6) | New cases referred during the year | 1,495 | 1,371 |