[Report 1966-1967] / Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • North Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1966-1967] / Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Analgesia used by Midwives. The following table concerns only the midwives employed by the County Council. (Multiple births are reckoned as one confinement in this table). Year Domiciliary midwives trained to use gas/air apparatus Sets of Apparatus Total domiciliary confinements Patients receiving gas/air from domiciliary midwives Patients receiving- pethidine from domiciliary midwives 1963 111 101 2,266 1,696 1,186 1964 110 103 2,147 1,632 2,137 1965 107 103 2,002 1,546 1,119 1966 103 106 1,951 1,446 1,161 1967 102 104 1,658 1,171 825 SECTION 24—HEALTH VISITING. In the more populous districts, certificated health visitors are employed on health visiting and school nursing. In the rural districts, nurses are employed on generalised duties. Health Visitor Generalised Part-time School Nurses Duties Staff 1966 1967 1966 1967 1966 1967 50 53 51 49 Twenty-two generalised duties nurses held the health visitors’ certificate at 31st December, 1966, and twenty-three at 31st December, 1967. The following table sets out details of cases and visits during 1966 and 1967. Children under 1 year Children 1—2 years Children 2—5 years Persons aged 65 or over Mentally Dis¬ ordered persons Persons dis¬ charged from hospitals T.B. House¬ holds House¬ holds visited for other I.D. Other house¬ holds visited Cases 1966 18,114 8,877 15,356 3,992 73 293 556 168 1,726 1967 17,384 8,538 14,376 3,704 68 347 387 180 1,593 Visits 1966 43,898 21,840 33,679 14,295 224 562 1,269 270 4,746 1967 43,043 21,045 32,249 13,640 257 469 881 376 4,736 * Excluding persons discharged from maternity or mental hospitals. Training. The County Council offers annually up to six scholarships to suitable applicants to take health visitors’ training at the centre of their choice. Three students completed training in 1966. During 1967 two students completed training and two commenced training. As in previous years facilities have been offered to health visitor training colleges to enable students to obtain one week’s experience on the district with qualified staff. Students were accepted from Bolton and Durham Technical Colleges.