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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
Tottenham 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Table 7 - Health Visiting Service.
| Number of visits paid by all Health Visitors working in the Area to:- | 1947 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Visits | Total Visits | First Visits | Total Visits | First Visits | Total Visits | First Visits | Total Visits | |
| Expectant Mothers | 2648 | 4852 | 20 54 | 4829 | 1782 | 4562 | 1721 | 4544 |
| Children under 1 year | 4516 | 15331 | 3472 | 11928 | 2940 | 11386 | 3158 | 13825 |
| Children 1-5 years | 286 | 17225 | 38 | 15990 | 75 | 16658 | 27 | 18146 |
| Children of school age | Not Available | 804 | 2008 | 4 | 1886 | 5 | 2367 | |
| Child Life Protection cases | 72 | 482 | 37 | 295 | 3 | 25 | - | - |
| Adoption cases | - | 32 | 47 | 152 | 3 | 20 | - | - |
| Other persons | - | 2165 | 6 52 | 76 5 | 922 | 1589 | 1969 | 3253 |
| TOTALS | 40087 | 35967 | 36126 | 42135 | ||||
| No, of health visitors employed at end of 1951:- | ||||||||
| (a) Whole time on health visiting | - | |||||||
| (b) Part time on health visiting | 28 | |||||||
| (c) Equivalent whole time health visiting services provided under (b) - including attendances at clinics | 17 | |||||||
HOME NURSING
(SECTION 25)
In Tottenham, the District Nursing Association continued to
operate Bruce Grove Nurses Home on behalf of the County Council.
Here there is accommodation for 8 resident nurses but in spite of
continuous efforts throughout the year it was not possible to staff
the home fully and at the end of the year the Superintendent and
5 nurses were in residence. Non-resident nurses working in Tottenham
report to the Home daily for instructions.
The demand for home nurses is increasing A greater number
of patients receive drugs by injection, often daily, over long
periods, and sometimes four-hourly for short periods, The acutely
ill and the chronic sick are also attended, and as the number of
old and feeble people living alone increases, so will the demand
on the home nursing service expand.
There are many well-qualified women living in the Area who
are willing to give part-time service so that there is no real
difficulty in maintaining the establishment. There is, however,