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ANALGESIA
The remaining nitrous oxide and air machines were replaced by the new Entonox apparatus.
TRAINING OF PUPIL MIDWIVES
28 Pupil Midwives undertook Part 2 training at The Lady Rayleigh Training Home and a
further 31 pupils from Thorpe Coombe Maternity Hospital undertook the district part of their
training in the borough.
HOME NURSING SERVICE
The service given by the district nurses was fully utilized and every effort was made to
adjust to the needs of the community.
Research into the Work of the District Nurse
A research project by means of computer study was undertaken in the Spring and the
survey revealed that the State Registered Nurse was not always deployed to the best advantage.
It is evident from the report that a proportion of the work undertaken by highly qualified staff
could be carried out by ancillary staff working under supervision.
It is envisaged that many more State Enrolled Nurses will be used in the Home Nursing
Service in the future.
ATTACHMENT SCHEMES
Progress has been achieved by the attachment of Nursing Staff to General Practitioner
Practices. Individual members gain moral support from each other and the standards of care to
patients and responsibilities to the community are enhanced.
THE MARIE CURIE MEMO RIAL FOUNDATION FUND
The very sick, and in many cases, lonely patients have been helped by the service
provided by the Marie Curie Memorial Foundation Fund.
The fact that this help is forthcoming at once and when most needed, often during the
night, brings much comfort in many tragic cases.
TRAINING OF STUDENT DISTRICT NURSES
38 students undertook training for the National Certificate and the Certificate of the
Queen's Institute of District Nursing - 24 of this number were trained for other authorities under
the training facilities offered by the borough.
E.O'Connor
Superintendent of Home Nurses and
non-Medical Supervisor of Midwives
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