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Maternity.
Mo. of applications received 34
No. withdrawn 16
Received service l8
Out of the eighteen 6 received 80 hours' service to cover the 14 days
(instead of the 60 hours normally allotted).
Home Helps gave 1,224 hours' service to maternity cases during the year, which was
equivalent to 0.54 full-time Home Helps continuously employed.
Home Visits of Home Help Organiser and her Assistants.
General Cases.
Visits to Applicants and Recipients 2,753
Visits to Home Helps 133
Tuberculosis
Applicants 201
Maternity
Applicants 94
3,181
Office Consultations-Applicants and Home Helps 5,100
Only in one case was a Matern5.ty Home Help employed who was not a regular Council
Home Help. This was on a very difficult case as the family were living in one room, In
very Inconvenient circumstances.
Illness or Infirmity Leading to Need for Home Help.
Heart and circulation 77
Rheumatism, Arthritis etc., 57
Miscellaneous 50
Respiratory conditions 47
Senility 36
Tuberculosis 27
Accidents - broken limbs etc., 21
Cancer l8
Post operative l8
Hemiplegia, Paralysis, Thrombosis 17
Ulcerated Legs 14
Diabetes 12
Illnesses connected with pregnancy 11
Blind 3
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50