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Tuberculosis Cases.
New applicants accepted during 1956 13 - Males 1, females 12
Number transferred from 1955 17
Total number of persons receiving home help
during 1956 30
Number of cases on books at end of 1955 21
Age of Applicants to whom home help was supplied for the first time.
Under 50 6
Between 50/59 4
Between 60/69 2
Between 70/79 1
Between 80/89
Between 90/99
Cases Assessed to Pay 4
eases free 9
Maternity Cases.
Number of applications received 17
Number withdrawn 7
Number received service 10
Staffing.
Permanent full-time Home Helps employed at 31st December,1956 7
Part-time Home Helps employed at 31st December, 1956 100
Average hours worked per week per part-time Home Help
(includes tuberculosis cases) 32.25
Total number of hours worked by Home Helps (approx.) 151,708
(On the basis of a 44—hour week, this is equivalent to 66.3 full-time Home Helps
throughout the year, making no allowance for sickness, statutory holidays, annual
leave and travelling time).
Home Visits of Home Help Organiser and her Assistants.
General Cases:-
Visits to Applicants and Recipients 2,345
Visits to Home Helps 230
Tuberculosis Cases:-
Visits to Applicants 276
Maternity Cases.
Visits to Applicants 65
Total number of visits: 2,916
Office consultations - Applicants and Home Helps 4,500 approx.
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