[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, County of the Soke of Peterborough.

  • Peterborough (England). County Council.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, County of the Soke of Peterborough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ECTION 24 — Health Visiting Seven full-time health visitors (including one tuberculosis health jsitor) are employed by the Local Health Authority. The following is a summary of visits paid by the health visitors during e year 1958:— & (a) Home Visits Number of children under 5 years of age visited during the year . Visits to expectant mothers (#) first visits 317 (b) total visits Children under 1 year of age (a) first visits 1,307 (6) total visits Children aged 1 and under 2 years. Children aged 2 but under 5 years . Other Cases; total visits Total number of families or households visited by Health Visitors Total visits paid to tuberculosis households. (b) Clinics Total number of attendances made by health visitors at local health authority clinic sessions during year Total number of attendances made by whole-time health visitors at chest clinic sessions during year I In addition to the visits enumerated above, a total of 1,847 visits were de when no one could be found at home, or a wrong address had been - en, etc. Although these are classified as “fruitless visits/' they are time- ' isummg and trying to the patience. CTION 25 — Home Nursing The home nursing service continues to run smoothly. Were it not for 11 service the distress caused by the shortage of accommodation for chronic : pahents provided (or, not provided) by the Regional Hospital Board, '1 ^ even more acute than it is. Our district nurses are constantly looking LjT people who ought to be in hospital, but, who, owing to the shortage ' beds, have to be coped with at home. In the City of Peterborough home nursing is undertaken by the Florence 5 nders Nursing Association on an agency basis, six whole-time nurses )(ig employed. Two of the nurses have a car for which they receive the ] -ropnate allowances. 3,999 317 2,911 1,330 3,074 3,284 8,788 956 786 247