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HEALTH VISITING
Staff
As at 31st December, 1971, the staff consisted of:—
1 Principal Nursing Officer.
3 Nursing Officers.
23 Full-time Health Visitors.
7 Part-time Health Visitors.
1 Full-time specialist geriatric Health Visitor.
1 Full-time specialist Chest Diseases Health Visitor.
8 Part-time Clinic/School Nurses.
3 Full-time Clinic Aides.
4 Health Visitor Students.
Staff Changes
Eight Health Visitors left during 1971 for the following reasons:
Moved from area 3
Pregnancy 1
To travel 1
To undertake teacher training 1
To take up teaching post 1
Retired 1
One Clinic Aide left to take up part-time employment.
Four students sponsored by the Borough in 1970/71 were
successful in their examinations and joined the Health Visiting staff
in September, 1971.
Introduction
The volume of work undertaken by health visitors has grown
tremendously throughout the year. A considerable proportion of this
increase has been as a result of the attachment of further staff to
general practitioners. Requests are received for visits to be paid to
all sections of the community—young, old, middle-aged and adolescent—indeed
to any person, where the prevention of ill health, or the
promotion of good health is required. With an increasing number of
people at work many visits have to be paid in the evening.
The number of child health and immunisation sessions run by
general practitioners, at which health visitors were present, increased
this year by 190.
In April, 1971, responsibility for the supervision of child minders
and playgroups passed to Social Service Departments. The health
visitors continue to visit to advise on all health matters, including
the control of infectious diseases.
One health visitor attends the paediatric consultant clinic at St.
Helier Hospital and another attends a paediatric clinic and case discussions
with the consultant in infectious diseases at St. George's
Hospital, Tooting. These links with the hospital services are very
valuable and ensure continuity of care and advice between hospital
and community services.
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