[Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Stamford Borough.

  • Stamford (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Stamford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL PROVISIONS OP II,, JMII SERVICES IN THE AREA Under the County Council Scheme the Borough has one District Miavrife, Miss Morris, Residence: Drift Ro cl, Stamford. Telephone: Stamford 3591 and one District Nurse, Miss 'arby, Residence: 9, Adelaide Street, Stamford. Telephone: St nford 3218, and both are relieved by Mrs. Ludlow, District Nurse—Midwife, Queen's Walk, Stamford. Telephone: Stamford 3100, Home Helps neighbouring ar Arolic tion are provided for the town of Stamford and the a of South Kesteven by the County Health Department. should be n do to Mrs. I. M. Popper, District Hone Help Organiser, B m Hill Clinic, Stanford, Monday to - 8.45 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. Friday 1.30 p.m. - 3.15 p.m. This service is engaged almost exclusively in providing for the needs of the elderly and the disabled. Though it owes its origin as a service to the expectant mother at her confinement and subsequent lying in period, this has been strangled by its high cost to such persons who almost universally are called upon to meet the full cost of five shillings per hour. Twenty Home Helps are employed for work in the Borough and on an average there are eighty-four cases on the books at any one time, of which eighty are elderly persons. One Good Neighbour is also available to give additional help in the vicinity of her own home. Welfare Foods Welfare Foods can be obtained from the Bern Hill Clinic at the following times: Monday to Friday 8.45 a.m. - 1.30 p.m. 12.30 p.m. 3.13 p.m. Health Visitors Under the County Council scheme there is an establishment for two full tine Health Visitors to serve the Borough and the parishes of the