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HEALTH VISITING (Section 24)
The Superintendent Health Visitor, Miss C. M. W. Court, A.R.R.C.,
S.R.N., S.C.M., H.V. Cert reports as follows:—
The five health visitors have continued to maintain the closest
co-operation both with the general medical practitioners and with
the hospitals serving the area. They have continued to visit hospitals
to discuss with the medical staff various cases and have also consulted
with the Psychiatric Social Workers at the Child Guidance Clinic.
The practice of student nurses from Wanstead Hospital being given
practical training in the public health field has continued, and one
County sponsored student health visitor has also undertaken her practical
work in the Borough.
The following table sets out statistically the work of the Health
Visitors in the Borough during 1962:—
Expectant mothers (first visits) 179
Expectant mothers (re-visits) 152
Infants under one year (first visits) 774
Infants under one year (re-visits) 1,289
Infants 1-5 years (first visits) 107
Infants 1-5 years (re-visits) 1,699
Stillbirth enquiries 15
Infant deaths 10
Tuberculosis patients 1,096
Aged and infirm 489
Day Nursery applications 23
School children 224
Other visits 234
Inefective calls 1,108
7,399
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