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SECTION II.
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE
AREA.
1. Public Health Officers of the Authority.—Vide
page at the beginning of this Report.
2. Nursing in the Home. Nature of the Arrangements
in the Area.
(a) District Nursing.—This is a voluntary Committee, the
organisations concerned being mentioned in my Annual Report
for 1921. 11,019 visits were paid by the nurses in 1930, compared
with 9,563 in 1929.
The following is a summary of the work carried out during
the year 1930:—
Number of New Cases 462
Number of Visits—Medical 6,796
Surgical 3,069
Operations 58
Massage 1,096
Number of applications made for Nurses'services 462
Number of patients under the charge of a Doctor at 31st
December 51
Number of patients not under the charge of a Doctor -
Number of necessitous cases referred to Committee 31
Number of cases on the books at the end of the year 15
The cases were distributed in wards as under:—
Cranbrook 60
Park 85
Seven Kings 78
North Hainault 62
Loxford 70
Clementswood 47
South Hainault 38
Goodmayes 22
The Medical Officer of Health is a member of the District
Nursing Committee.