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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

Redbridge 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]

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SECTION 25 - HOME NURSING
Miss M. A. Potter, Superintendent of Midwives and District Nurses
reports as follows on the Home Nursing Service:-

Table: There is an establishment of forty district nurses, including four male nurses. Details of the work undertaken during the year are as follows:-

There is an establishment of forty district nurses, including four male nurses. Details of the work undertaken during the year are as follows:-

Quarter ending
31.12.6930.9.6930.6.6931.3.69
Number of cases visited for the first time this year9177231,0461,646
Total visits made to all coses at home23,56419,27120,13916,987
Cases seen in General Practitioners surgeries1,2301,3171,888-
Cases on the books at the end of the quarter840949860935

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First visits to patients aged under 5 years = 144
First visits' to patients aged 5 years and under 65 years = 1,555
First visits to patients aged 65 years and over = 2,633
Geriatric Nursing
These figures give some indication of the proportion of geriatric
nursing Undertaken at home. It is rewarding work in that elderly people
are able to remain in familiar surroundings so long as possible. Tribute
must be paid to the Home Nurses for the care and understanding given to
the long term and terminal patients, and their relatives.
Marie Curie Foundation Fund
This year five patients suffering from cancer were able to have a
night nurse. The nurses expenses were paid by the above fund.
Nursing Auxiliaries
Four nursing auxiliaries were appointed for the first time. Their
duties are arranged and supervised by the trained staff. The patients
whom they visit are mainly the elderly who need help with bathing and
dressing.