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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. 10,292 visits were paid by the nurses in 1931, compared with
11,019 in 1930.
The following is a summary of the work carried out during the
year 1931 :—
Number of New Cases 447
Number of Visits—Medical 6,658
Surgical 2,445
Operations 18
Massage 1,171
Number of applications made for Nurses' services 447
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 22
Number of eases on the books at the end of the year 51
The cases were distributed in wards as under:—
Cranbrook 59
Park 61
Seven Kings 91
North Hainault 91
Loxford 69
Clementswood 41
South Hainault 24
Goodmayes 11
The Medical Officer of Health is a member of the District
Nursing Committee.