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GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
FOR THE AREA
(Including transferred functions adminstered by the local health authority
— The Surrey County Council.)
NURSING IN THE HOME
The Beddington and Wallington District Nurses' Home, administered
by the Surrey County Council, continues to offer excellent facilities for
nursing as in previous years, the day-to-day administration being in the
hands of the Divisional Medical Officer for the Beddington and Wallington
part of Mid-Eastern Division.
During the year the District Nurses attended 968 cases, including 89
maternity and midwifery patients. A total of 20,542 visits was made.
DOMESTIC HELP SERVICE
This important branch of social service continued to meet a great need
during the year, both for confinements and illness in the home. The
service is administered by the Divisional Medical Officer at the Wallington
Town Hall, and a part-time supervisor, who acts under the general
direction of the Divisional Medical Officer, is employed.
Close liaison was kept up with the almoners of hospitals, and it was found
possible to meet the many requests received for Medical and Surgical
patients and the care of the aged under the St. Helier Hospital geriatric
service.
The cases attended were as follows:
Total
Maternity 45
Chronic Sick (including aged
and infirm) 169
Acute Sick 50
Tuberculosis 6
270
THE CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Supervision. This clinic, as in previous
years, continued to be held at the Nurses Home, 57 Montagu Gardens.
During the year, 146 women made 518 pre-natal attendances. This
represents an attendance of 35.9 per cent of the total number of confinements
which occured during 1957. Post-natal examinations were also
conducted at this clinic, 10 patients making 10 attendances. As mentioned
in previous reports, however, considerably more women have post-natal
supervision than are recorded here. Those who have institutional
confinements usually return to hospital as a routine a few weeks after
their discharge, and have their post-natal examination conducted by
the hospital Medical Officers.
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