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Staff
The establishment of home nurses was
increased from a total full time equivalent of
34½ to 36½ and was augmented by a total
full time equivalent of 3 1/3 nursing auxiliaries
Training
Staff enjoyed lectures arranged by the Chief
Nursing Officer The lecturers included Miss
A N Lamb Deputy Chief Nursing Officer
from the Department of Health and Social
Security Mr John Burrows lecturer in
Sociology at London University who presented
the Mayston structure and outlined social
policy anticipated within the Health Service
Dr. Colin Herridge also gave a series of
lectures on the role of the community nurse
in the psychiatric field. Dr. Herridge's lectures
were one of the high lights of the year and were
followed by a visit of observation by the staff
to Springfield Hospital.
Marie Curie Nursing Service
Sixteen patients were nursed at home under
this scheme during the year Difficulty has
been experienced in retaining staff since the
work is of a spasmodic nature
Home Help Service
The Home Help Service continues to meet
the needs of people who because of sickness
or infirmity are unable to carry out their
household duties
The need for help in maternity cases has
diminished because more babies are being born
in hospital but the need for the service for
old people has increased
The washing centre set up in January 1968
has flourished and proved a useful adjunct to
the service both for old people and the
incontinent sick.
It is apparent that the Home Help Service
is increasingly appreciated by the public and
the medical nursing and social services.
The good neighbour service still continues
to supplement the home help service and often
enables home care to be continued whereas
hospitalisation would be the only other
alternative.
The residential help service has been used
in five homes where children were being cared
for temporarily in their own home whilst their
mother was in hospital thereby keeping the
family united and avoiding them being taken
into care.
The high standard of integrity and understanding
coupled with domestic skill has been
maintained and at 31st December 1970 there
were 132 full time equivalent home helps on
the staff.
Two thousand and seventeen homes were
given a total of 275,821 hours of help during
the year

Prevention of illness - care and after-care
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis prevention care and after care
services for patients living at home are
provided at the Hounslow and Ashford Chest
CIinics.
During 1970 there were 71 formal notifications
of pulmonary tuberculosis and 21 of
non-pulmonary tuberculosis compared with
59 and 24 notifications respectively in 1969
The total number of cases on the register
at the end of the year was 1,810 (pulmonarymales
833, females 686 non-pulmonary males
116 females 175).
Table 13 shows an analysis of all cases
notified during 1970
There was 1 death from tuberculosis in 1970.
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