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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wanstead and Woodford 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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The following table sets out statistically the work of the Health Visitors in the Borough during 1956:—
| Expectant Mothers (first visits) | 96 |
| Expectant Mothers (re-visits) | 49 |
| Infants under one year (first visits) | 637 |
| Infants under one year (re-visits) | 1065 |
| Infants 1 to 5 years (first visits) | 137 |
| Infants 1 to 5 years (re-visits) | 1671 |
| Stillbirth enquiries | 7 |
| Infant Death | 16 |
| Tuberculosis Patients | 1078 |
| Aged and Infirm | 102 |
| Day Nursery Applications | 10 |
| School Children | 665 |
| Other Visits | 386 |
| Ineffective Calls | 547 |
| 6477 |
Home Nursing (Section 25)
The Superintendent of District Nurses, Miss A. Williams, S.R.N.,
S.C.M., Q.I., H.V.Cert., reports as follows:
The equivalent of 6½ Nursing Sisters are employed on General
Nursing duties in the Borough of Wanstead and Woodford, with the
addition of part time services of two males nurses.
The staff remained at full establishment during the year and a good
nursing service was rendered to the acute and chronic sick including
care of the aged and patients requiring various types of hypodermic
injections.
The following statistics show a comparison of work undertaken by the District Nurses during the years 1955 and 1956:—
| 1956 | 1955 | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of new cases | 769 | 617 |
| Number of visits | 23658 | 19760 |
| Last Offices performed | 51 | 35 |
| Advisory or Casual Visits | 467 | 471 |