[Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Lanchester R.D.C.

  • Lanchester (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1971
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Credit: [Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Lanchester R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (b) Nursing in the Home and Midwifery Service (i) Midwifery During the year 202 live and stillbirths were assigned to the area. None of the domiciliary births were in the presence of a doctor. There were three stillbirths, two deaths in the first week of life and no maternal deaths. There is one County Midwife who owns a car and is authorised to use it in the course of her official duties. All midwives are trained in the use of, and possess apparatus for entonox analgesia, 93% of the domiciliary cases were given entonox and 51 % pethidene. (iii) Domiciliary Nursing A total of 5514 home visits were made by domiciliary nurses during the year, 4313 (79%) of which were made to patients over the age of 65 years. The following is an analysis of these visits and the type of cases nursed: Age Groups Classification 0—5 years 5—65 years 65 + years Medical Surgical Infec¬ tious Diseases Tuber¬ culosis Maternal Compli¬ cations Inject¬ ions only Others New Cases 5 71 110 130 55 — ' i ■ — - — Visits 70 1131 4313 4586 732 — 27 [ f-, * 1881 991 * Also included in medical visits. (c) Ambulance Service The needs of the Rural District are served jointly by the County Ambulance Service depots situated at Villa Real and East Street, Stanley, both of which now provide a 24 hour service. These depots function under supervision of the Central Control at Durham and all vehicles are equipped with radio. Details of the establishment of personnel and vehicles at each being as follows: Consett Stanley Driver Attendants .. 18 20 Ambulances .... 6 7