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As the district covered by the Shoreditch and Bethnal Green District Nursing
Association spread over both the future London Boroughs of Hackney and
Tower Hamlets, it was decided that as from 1st January, 1965, the 'Shoreditch'
side of the Shoreditch and Bethnal Green District Nursing Association should
be absorbed into the Hackney District Nursing Association. Likewise Stoke
Newington District Association was to amalgamate with the Hackney District
Nursing Association on 1st April.
In the event, however, the Hackney District Nursing Association decided
to cease as a voluntary organisation and the Council thus assumed direct
responsibility for the Home Nursing Service in the London Borough of Hackney
on 1st April.
I am pleased to be able to take this opportunity of recording my appreciation
to all the voluntary workers who have helped to build up this service until
the district nurses became part of the directly employed staff of the new
London Borough of Hackney on 1st April, 1965.
The district nursing service of the new London Borough of Hackney is
centred on the old Hackney District Nursing Association's premises - 6 to 10
Lower Clapton Road. It has continued to function smoothly from its inception
on the 1st April to the end of the year.
The summary of statistics given below indicates briefly the amount of
work carried out:-
No. of cases being nursed at end of 1965 916
Total no. of patients nursed during year
(of these, 113 were aged under 5 years
and 1,590 were aged over 65 at their
first visit in 1965) 3,225
Total no. of visits during 1965 121,116
SECTION 26 - VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION
The Authority is under a statutory duty to provide for vaccination and
immunisation against certain diseases. This is carried out directly by the
Council's own staff, and also by family doctors who notify the Health Department
of such vaccinations and immunisations carried out in children under the age
of 16.