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The Health Visitors have close liaison with Claybury Hospital.
Meetings are held once a month with Dr. Schoenberg and Health Visitors
attend Ward Discussions with the residents and patients twice each week.
We have acquired Madeira Grove Primary School which has been converted
into a Clinic, and Infant Welfare Clinics are held on the premises each
Wednesday afternoon instead of at the St. Barnabas Church Hall. Relaxation
and Mothercraft Classes are also held at Madeira Grove and a flourishing
Mother's Group is now in existence.
Four Health Visitors from the Borough attended an In-service Course in
Psychiatric Training at Goodmayes Hospital in May.
The practice of Student Nurses from Wanstead Hospital being given
practical training in the public health field has continued and one student
Health Visitor sponsored by the Essex County Council under its training
scheme commenced her practical training in this Area during the latter part
of the year.
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:-
Good nursing care has been given to the patients in the Borough during
the year 1964 by six district nurses and one male nurse. A good proportion
of the nurses' work is caring for the elderly sick and chronic patients,
and blanket bathing the aged.
Again, good co-operation has been maintained with Langthorne Hospital
for the care of patients on a six weeks in and out of hospital basis. This
arrangement is a great help to the patients' relations and the staff.
A number of Student Nurses from Wanstead Hospital have again been taken
into the homes of the patients to see the work of the District Nurse.
Number of new cases 694
Number of visits 19,093
VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION
Intensive propaganda both in the form of leaflets and birthday cards
as well as by the personal approach from the Health Visitors and the
Medical Officers attending the Child Welfare Clinics, is maintained to
ensure that all infants are immunised and in order to maintain the vaccinal
state of the public.
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