[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Buckinghamshire County Council.

  • Buckinghamshire (England). County Council. n 50052973.
Date:
1965
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Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Buckinghamshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Since February 1965, as part of the new medical arrangements for long-stay immigrants made by the Ministry of Health, health visitors have visited all immigrants notified by the port of entry to try to ensure that they register with a general practitioner. Apart from home visiting which should still be considered of primary importance, the health visitors have many other duties to undertake which are given below in table form. Other Work Ante-natal Mothercraft and Relaxation Classes Number attended for first time: Institutional booked Domiciliary booked School Health Service No. of sessions No. of cases visited .. Detection of Deafness No. of screening tests No. of audiometry tests Phenylketonuria No. of tests Hospital Liaison Maternity Paediatric Geriatric Other Surveys No. completed G.P. Liaison No. of consultations at surgery Other sessional work Fixtures Child Welfare Centres .. Mothers’ Clubs Group Teaching Chest Clinic 961 (1,240) 450 (594) 874 (1,034) 2,306 (1,878) 642 (725) 950 (682) 9,061 (9,332) 270 (240) 76 (83) 46 (41) 55 (33) 212 (18) 1,903 (1,742) 139 (53) 4,308 (4,190) 342 (323) 1,497 (1,349) 482 (710) Whilst routine phenistix tests for phenylketonuria were continued, health visitors in the Chesham and Bletchley areas co-operated with the Medical Research Council in using a different type of test. Follow-up work was continued in two National Development Surveys. Lectures, visits of observation and discussion groups were arranged for student nurses at the Royal Bucks and Associated Hospitals, Amersham General Hospital, Upton Hospital, Slough and The Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital, Taplow. The Deputy Superintendent Health Visitor and a health visitor were invited to take part in the College of General Practitioner’s Course “ Early years in General Practice ” with reference to general practitioner/health visitor liaison. The Deputy Superintendent Health Visitor also attended the Quadrennial Congress of the Inter- national Council of Nurses in Frankfurt. Visitors during the year included Miss I. B. Knight, Assistant Chief Professional Adviser to the Council for the Training of Health Visitors, Miss N. K. Richards, Tutor in charge of the Health Visitors Training, Chiswick Polytechnic; students in social studies, health education, administration and child care, and social work trainees also came along to see something of the work carried out by health visitors in the County. Two health visitors have been trained as Field Work Instructors and student health visitors were accepted for practical training from Chiswick Polytechnic and Battersea College of Technology.