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SECTION B. — HEALTH SERVICES.
Nursing in the Home. This particular service too, has now
become the responsibility of the County Councils. The three
voluntary associations which hitherto have carried on this work
in the area, have now all become affiliated to the County Nursing
Association. The scope of the work of these Associations for
the year 1947 is set out below:—
(1) The Merton Parish Nurse Fund employs one nurse for
general nursing; no midwifery or maternity nursing is undertaken.
The district served is approximately the ecclesiastical parish of
St. Mary's. A total of 146 cases involving 1,613 visits were
attended during the year and of these, 7 cases were children
under 5 years of age, to whom 19 visits were made.
(2) The St. Helier District Nursing Association employs one
nurse for general nursing. No midwifery or maternity nursing is
undertaken. Its activities cover the whole of the Merton and
Morden portion of the St. Helier Estate and, in addition, that part
situated in the Carshalton Urban District lying to the north of
Reigate Avenue.
During the year 185 cases were dealt with by the St. Helier
District Nursing Association, 7 of these were children under 5
years of age. The total number of visits made was 4,252, of
which 27 were in respect of children under 5 years.