[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Lincoln City.

  • Lincoln (England). City Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Lincoln City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    were 2,728 and 6,029 respectively. In addition, 361 visits were paid by the Health Visitors to other cases. These included visits to homes of persons suffering from illness and to expectant mothers, visits in connection with the adoption and board¬ ing-out of children, applications for admission of children to the Day Nursery and cases notified under the Acute Rheumatism Regulations. The total number of visits paid during the year was 10,690 as com¬ pared with 9,183 during 1950. HOME NURSING The Home Nursing Service continued to be available to patients being nursed in their homes and has been directly operated by the Local Health Authority since the National Health Service Act came into operation. The following is a summary of the work undertaken during the year:— No of cases on register on 1st January .. .. 118 No. of new cases dealt with :— (a) Surgical. 131 (b) Medical .. .. .. .. .. ., 798 (c) Tuberculous .. .. .. .. ., 18 -- 947 No. of cases removed from register as :— (a) Transferred to hospital, left the district, etc. .. 134 (b) Died .. .. .. .. .. .. 214 (c) Treatment completed .. .. .. .. 611 - 959 No. of cases on register on 31st December .. 106 The total number of cases attended during the year was 1,065 and the total number of visits paid was 21,423. The comparable figures for 1950 were 945 and 20,624 respectively. VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION Vaccination. The Local Health Authority provides facilities for vaccination, if so desired by the parents, by general practitioners taking part in the Authority’s Scheme, as well as by the Local Health Authority’s medical staff at its clinics. The majority of general practitioners in the City were taking part in this Scheme at the end of the year.