[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham County Palatine / County Council.

  • Durham County Council
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham County Palatine / County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Transport. Fares incurred in travelling by public transport will be reimbursed. Nurses who possess cars, motor cycles or push cycles and are authoryisd to use them on official journeys may claim mileage on the county scale For journeys over one mile when public transport is not available it is proposed that arrangements be made to hire cars until a service of cars can be provided in conjunction with the ambulance service. Refresher Courses. The Local Health Authority will pay the cost to district nurses of refresher courses a])proved by the Authority and attended by nurses in accordance with the recommendations of the Nur.ses Salaries Committee. PART III. Development Plan. The proposals in Part fl will pro\ ide on the apj)ointed day a home nursing service in the area of tlu' Local Health Authority similar to that which is now provided. Development under the arrangement with the County Nursing Association will be directed to : (a) integration and coordination by the County Nursing Associa- tion of the services now provided by individual district nursing associations ; and (b) extension of this service to cover un-nursed areas in so far as this has not been achieved by the appointed day. This development should be effected in two years. If it is found that the number of home nurses provided for in the j)receding part of the proposals is inadequate additional nu>rses will be employed as needed and as they can be secured. It is proposed that a service of cars be provided in conjunction with the ambulance service which may, subject to conditions to be determined from time to time by the County Council, be used by nurses. At the end of the year 94 Avholetime and 2 part-time nurses were employed. During the year nurses attended 2,236 midwifery, 494 maternity, and 13,689 general cases, paying the following visits 36,722 midwifery, 9,509 maternity, 297,847 general, 13,685 casual, 16,987 ante-natal, and 4,901 post-natal. In addition, 18,907 visits were made by patients to home surgeries conducted by the nurses. VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION. The following proposals of the County Council under Section 26 of the National Health Service Act, 1946, were approved by the Minister of Health on the 23rd March, 1948.— PART 1. Statistical Data. 1 Total mid-1946 population of Administrative County :—863,530. 2. Mid-1946 child population of Administrative County ;— (a) Under 5 71,622 (^)) Ages 5-15 137,542.
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