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No. of cases being attended at .31.12.59 Nil
No. of new cases attended during 1960 1
No. of cases discontinued during 1960 1
No. of cases being attended at 31.12.60 Nil
Total number of attendances given: —
(a) whole days 5
(b) half days 5
HOME NURSING. - The Home Nursing Service in Ilford is undertaken
by Nurses under the supervision of the Superintendent of the Lady
Rayleigh Training Home at Leytonstone but operating from the Branch
Home "Abury House" in Aldborough Road, llford.
The work undertaken by Home Nurses in the Ilford area in 1960
was as follows: —
Cases attended 2,002
Visits paid 59,802
HEALTH EDUCATION. - Dr. G.B. Taylor, Assistant County
Medical Officer, reports:—
"When one is faced with the title "Health Education* one
immediately thinks of a school class and lecturer. In practice
this is not so, although of course part of health education is
lecturing. In the Ante-natal Clinics and most Post-natal Clinics
advice is constantly being given by both Doctors and Health
Visitors, and not only do the practical issues such as feeding
difficulties confront the Health Visitors in the Infant Welfare
Clinics but also dangers such as poisoning from pills left around
the home or burns from unguarded fires. All this is in the normal
routine of Public Health Doctors and Health Visitors. However,
Boy Scouts, St. John Ambulance, Youth Clubs and Church Groups
have asked for lectures on Health, and Health Visitors have
complied. Evening and afternoon sessions have proved most
popular, the attendances varying from 12 to 50. The subjects
varied from Home Nursing to the Boy Scouts and Hygiene for
St. John Ambulance and Red Cross. The talk "The Work of the
Health Visitor" has been in great demand. One Toc H group asked
for a talk on multiple sclerosis as they were interested in helping
such people. Mrs. Eldridge, a Health Visitor, has conducted
group discussions at Infant Welfare Centres on guarding fires
and flameproof materials; she has spoken to over 600 mothers
at 50 sessions. Other Health Visitors spoke at 17 sessions to
approximately 952 persons on general Health Education subjects.