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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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(c) Health Visitors:
Health Visitors are employed to undertake home visiting for the
purpose of giving advice on the care of young children, to persons
suffering from illness, to expectant and nursing mothers and on the
measures necessary to prevent the spread of infection. (The Health
Visitors also act as School Nurses).
(d) Home Nursing and Nursing Equipment:
Home Nurses are employed to undertake the nursing of persons in
their own homes. (This work was formerly undertaken by "District
Nurses"). Where nursing equipment is required for use in the home,
it is available on loan through the British Red Cross Society.
Details of the work of the Home Nurses in the Borough during the year are as follows:-
| Type of case | Age Groups | Total | Grand Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 yrs | 5-64 yrs | 65 yrs and over | |||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Medical | 31 | 19 | 181 | 285 | 118 | 227 | 330 | 531 | 861 |
| Surgical | 14 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 43 | 33 | 76 |
| Infectious Disease | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Tuberculosis | - | - | 28 | 19 | - | - | 28 | 19 | 47 |
| Maternal Complications | - | - | - | 14 | — | — | - | 14 | 14 |
| Others | - | - | 8 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 26 |
| Totals | 45 | 22 | 235 | 349 | 132 | 248 | 412 | 619 | 1031 |
(e) Vaccination and Immunisation:
In addition to the immunisation of infants and young children
carried out at the clinics referred to in (a) above, vaccination
against smallpox and immunisation against diphtheria is carried out
by those general practitioners who have agreed to co-operate in the
County Council's scheme.
(f) Mental Health Services:
The Mental Health Service deals with persons suffering from
mental deficiency or mental illness.
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