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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

Merton 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]

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hospitals are aware of the services within the community for their
patients, and also of the role of their community nurse colleagues.
For nurses in training community experience is an essential part
in learning to care for a patient as a member of a family and a part of
the community in which he lives.
Number of days on which training visits, or visits of observation,
were made—451.

Table: Summary of Work of Health VisitorsThe following tables give details of the number of children and other cases visited, and attendances by the Health Visitors at the various clinics and centres:—

Summary of Work of Health Visitors

The following tables give details of the number of children and other cases visited, and attendances by the Health Visitors at the various clinics and centres:—

To children under 5 yrsTo families with problemsTo the mentally illTo the mentally handicappedTo geriatric casesNo. of families visited
Born in 1971Born in 1970Born 1966-69Total
2,5622,4067,53712,50539227301,1949,841

Table: Sessions attended by Health Visitors.

Sessions attended by Health Visitors.

Local Authority Ante-Natal Clinics.9
General Practitioner127
Developmental (Morden Road)34
Special Development (7 to 8 months) at Russell Road and Cavendish Road25
Child Health Centres1,762
G.P. Child Health and Immunisation Clinics498
Toddler Clinics301
G.P. Toddler Clinics48
Parentcraft (Day)53
Parentcraft (Evening)54
Expectant Parents' Evenings42
Geriatric Clinics174
Case Conferences15
Screening Tests of Hearing of Young Children228
Sessions with students870
Meetings478
Mothercraft298
Sessions attended by State Registered Nurses.
Ante-Natal and Cytology296
Vaccination and Immunisation137
Developmental (Morden Road)24
Child Health Centres384
Cystic Fibrosis72
Staff Medicals148