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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 802 cases, including 149
maternity and midwifery patients. A total of 22,148 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 59
Chronic Sick (including aged
and infirm) 208
Acute Sick 37
Tuberculosis 1
305
CHIROPODY
The County Council, in February 1960, approved arrangements for
the provision of chiropody for the elderly, for expectant mothers and
physically handicapped persons. The scheme came into operation on the
9th May, 1960.
So far as the elderly were concerned the County Council invited
voluntary bodies administering schemes for chiropody treatment to continue
and expand their schemes with financial help from the Council.
The Divisional Medical Officer was asked to administer the scheme
for expectant mothers and handicapped persons through chiropodists
practising in the area, who had agreed to participate in the scheme. As
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