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New Cases.
The duration of service provided in respect of new cases during the year was
as follows
Maternity Cases - all cases covered for a period of 14 days.
Duration of Case
Tuberculosis Cases
General Sickness, Aged
and Infirm Cases.
4 weeks and under
2
55
5=8 weeks
5
19
9-12 "
-
12
13 - 16 "
1
5
17-20 "
-
7
21 - 24 "
1
1
25 - 28 "
-
2
29-32 "
-
1
33 - 36 "
2
TOTALS
9
104
Continuing over into 1955 10 274 These cases
first received the home help service in the months detailed below and were still having it
at the end of the year.
Tuberculosis Cases
General Sickness, Aged
and Infirm
January
1
27
February
-
23
March
-
24
April
1
20
May
2
23
June
2
17
July
-
9
August
3
18
September
1
34
October
-
22
November
-
28
December
-
29
TOTALS
10
274
Staffing.
Permanent full-time Home Helps employed at 31st December, 1954 10
Part-time Home Helps employed at 31st December, 1954 90
Average hours worked per week per part-time Home Help
(includes Tuberculosis cases) 28.2
Total number of hours worked by Home Helps (approx.) 143,406
(On the basis of a 44-hour week, this is equivalent to 60.7 full-time Home Helps
throughout the year, making no allowance for sickness, statutory holidays, annual leave
and travelling time).
70