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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, 57 Montagu
Gardens, 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 812 cases, including 107
maternity and midwifery patients. A total of 22,805 visits was made.
As pointed out in the preface, since the destruction of the Grange
Mansion, the school health service has been housed in the Nurses Home,
and in addition, physiotherapy, and ante-natal relaxation exercises are
carried out on the premises.
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 43
Chronic Sick (including aged
and infirm)194
Acute Sick 40
Tuberculosis 277
CHIROPODY
A chiropody service introduced in 1958 through the active co-operation
of the W.V.S. and the British Red Cross, continued to operate in I960,
as follows:—
(1) The chiropodist attends one morning a week at British Red
Cross House, in Woodcote Road, and for a small fee, old
people can come and have their feet treated.
(2) Arrangements are made through the Beddington and Wallington
Fund for the Aged and Infirm, for a chiropodist to visit
the homes of old people, who are unable to get out, and
treatment is carried out in their own homes, at an agreed cost
to the Fund.
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