[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Fourteen of the nurses are Queen’s Nursing Sisters, as are also : the Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent of the Home ! Nursing Service. At the end of 1959 the position with regard to housing and . transport of the domiciliary nursing staff was as follows : — ! Housing. Number of nurses living in accommodation provided by the County Council:— (a) Property owned by the County Council 10 (b) Property leased from County District Councils ... 20 (c) Property leased from other owners 1 Number of nurses renting houses owned by the County District Councils 1 Number of nurses living in houses owned by themselves or rented from private owners 22 Number of nurses living in lodgings or with relatives ...... 7 Transport. Number of nurses using cars provided by the County Council 54- Number of nurses using their own cars 7 Fourteen nurses attended refresher courses during the year. A comparison of the figures shown in the table with those of the previous year shows that visits paid to homes have decreased by 2,672 and that the number of cases which the nurses have attended during tlie year was 187 less than in 1958. Over 55% of the patients nursed were over 65 years old and in nearly 16% of cases the illness was of a chronic nature necessitating visiting for more than twenty-four times in the year. Just over 72% of the total visits were to patients over 65 years of age; many of these visits were to patients suffering from chronic illness, and again, out of the total visits, 44% were to patients who had to be visited on more than twenty-four occasions. Many visits are made to patients to give injections of various types, no special nursing attention being required. Visits of this nature again represent 33% of the total visits made for all purposes during the year. Arrangements continue to be made whereby selected domiciliary nurses undertake additional special supervisory and advisory duties for patients attending hospital diabetic clinics. At the end of 1959 seven nurses were giving this service for the areas of the County served by the diabetic clinics at the York County Hospital, the Westwood Hospital, Beverley, and the Scarborough General Hospital, Owing to shortage of staff it has still not been possible
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