London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Sutton 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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Health Visitors attached to General Practice
In accordance with Department of Health and Social Security Circular
13/69, which recommends attachment of Health Visitors, etc., 4 Health
Visitors were attached to general practitioners during 1969: 1 to a
partnership in North Cheam and 3 to the General Practitioners at Robin
Hood lane Health Centre.
DOMICILIARY MIDWIFERY AND HOME NURSING
The Domiciliary Midwifery and Home Nursing Service is operated from
Nurses Homes in Cheam, Sutton and Wallington. The Department of Health
and Social Security Circular 13/69 requested the attachment of nurses
and, if possible, midwives to general practitioners., This policy was
gradually implemented during the latter part of 1969, when 3 District
Nurses were attached to 2 partnerships and arrangements were made for
3 midwives to attend general practitioners midwifery sessions. With
increasing attachment it was foreseen that three Nurses Homes were not
necessary in the Borough and recommendations were made that all the
Home Nursing and Midwifery Services should be centralised at Cheam Nurses
Home by using the existing Home for residential accommodation for pupils
and building a Clinical Centre in the grounds of the Home.
The following tables give some indication of the volume of work carried out:-
| HOME NURSING | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 1968 | 1967 | |
| (a) Total number of persons nursed | 3153 | 2828 | 2902 |
| (b) Number of persons aged under 5 at first visit | 34 | 43 | 59 |
| (c) Number of persons aged 65 or over at first visit | 2093 | 1849 | 1955 |
| (d) Total number of visits made by home nurses | 122186 | 112510 | 111283 |
DOMICILIARY MIDWIFERY
| Year | Number of domiciliary confinements attended by Midwives under N.H.S. arrangements | No. delivered in institution but discharged to D.M. before the 10th day. | Total No. of visits made by D.M. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor booked | Doctor not present | Total | ||||
| Doctor present | Doctor not present | |||||
| 1969 | 51 | 219 | - | 270 | 529 | 9684 |
| 1968 | 94 | 293 | 7 | 394 | 378 | 9106 |
| 1967 | 125 | 326 | l | 452 | 355 | 9991 |
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