[Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicestershire / County of Leicester County Council.

  • Leicestershire (England). County Council.
Date:
1971
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Credit: [Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicestershire / County of Leicester County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Patients and sessions at surgeries 1970 1971 Other than Imm. & Vacc. and ante-natal Patients 17,951 25,558 Immunisation and Sessions 1,408 1,457 Vaccination: Patients 30,463 25.887 Ante-Natal care: Sessions N/A 2,785 Patients N/A 28,700 A Comparison of Cases and Visits (special age groups) 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 Patients 65 Cases 4,112 5,034 6,401 7,534 5,356 and over at first visit Visits 121,783 129,375 150,873 188,350 156,720 Patients Cases 404 840 1,103 1,172 990 under 5 at first visit Vi sits 4,112 3,914 3,832 4,688 5,153 Health Centres The only Health Centre operative during the year was at Syston. Despite staffing problems (the group worked with one District Nurse/Midwife vacancy for three months and half an S.E.N. vacancy for the whole of the year) the nursing work load was maintained. The nursing staff working from the Centre continue to rotate their duties on a weekly basis so that one member of the group is on duty in the treatment room throughout the day. Cases nursed in the Syston Health Centre, 1971 Accidents 70 Dressings 1,997 Saturing 65 Minor Operations 113 T reatments 303 Eyes and Ears 336 1 njections 1,062 Pessary changes 37 Miscellaneous follow ups 465 Pathology Hbs/Vene Punctures etc. 555 Urine Testing 1,584 Ante-Natals 2,047