Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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SECTION 24- HEALTH VISITING SERVICE
TABLE 25 HEALTH VISITING, 1951
Provided by | Number of Health Visitors employed at end of year | Equivalent Whole-time Health Visitor Services provided under Col. (3) (all classes including attendance at Infant Welfare Centres) | Number of visits paid by Health Visitors during the year | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Expectant Mothers | Children under 1 year of age | Children between the ages of 1 & 5 | Other Classes | ||||||||
Whole-time on Health Visiting | Part-time on Health Visiting | ||||||||||
First Visits | Total Visits | First Visits | Total Visits | First Visits | Total Vis-Its | First Vis-Its | total Vis-Its | ||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) |
Local Health Authority | 5+ | 17 | 8½ | 604 | 703 | 1762 | 7608 | - | 10675 | - | 1088 |
Voluntary Organisations | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+ Includes Superintendent Health Visitor.
SECTION 25- HOME NURSING.
The demands on this service from the general practitioners steadily
increase and reference to the statistical table (page 48 ) indicates a 25%
rise in the number of new cases undertaken and a corresponding increase in
the number of visits.
Hospital policy and social trends would point to the necessity for a
number of persons with tuberculosis and chronic illness to be treated and
nursed in their homes. This is especially so for old people, and this
shift of locus for treatment and nursing of a skilled nature brings new
problems to the Council and may involve extension of the Home Nursing
Service and its closer administration and supervision by the Health Depart-
TABLE 26 HOME NURSING, 1951.
Provided by | No. of home nurses employed at 31/12/ 51 | Equivalent of whole-time service provided by part-time home nurses | No. of cases attended by home nurses during the year | No. of visits paid by home nurses during the year | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whole-time on home nursing | Part-time on home nursing | ||||
Local Health Authority | - | - | - | - | - |
Voluntary Organisations by agreement with the Authority | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2,535 | 59,562 |