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SECTION B. .
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE
AREA.
1. (i) Public Health Officers of the Authority.—Vide page 5
at the beginning of this Report.
(ii) Nursing in the Home. Nature of the Arrangements
in the Area.
(a) General Nursing.—There is a voluntary Committee, the
organisations concerned being mentioned in my Annual Report for
1921. 10,367 visits were paid by the nurses in 1935, compared
with 10,963 in 1934.
The following is a summary of the work carried out during
the year 1935:—
Number of New Cases 632
Number of Visits—Medical 6,789
Surgical 2,487
Operations 4
Massage 1,087
Number of applications made for Nurses' services 632
Number of patients under the charge of a Doctor at 31st
December 48
Number of patients not under the charge of a Doctor —
Number of necessitous cases referred to Committee 3
Number of cases on the books at the end of the year 48
The cases were distributed in wards as under:—
Cranbrook 49
Park 74
Seven Kings 105
North Hainault 189
Loxford 77
Clementswood 40
South Hainault 46
Goodmayes 52