[Report 1948-1949] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council.

  • Neumann, Karl, 1935-
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1948-1949] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Section 25. HOME NURSING Home nursing, formerly undertaken by voluntary Nursing Associations, is now the duty of the County Council, who provide the services of whole¬ time general nurses in the urbanised areas and of nurses who combine their work with midwifery and health visiting in the rural areas. Details of this work are given in the following Table:— Number of Nurses employed at end of year. 1948 1949 Whole-time. . . . . . . . . 33 33 Part-time. . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 Combined duties (health visiting, general nursing and midwifery). . . . . . . 60 60 Number of cases attended . . . . 5,046* 12,650 Number of visits made. .. .. .. 71,284* 177,712 * As from 5th July, 1948. The increase in the work in 1949 is seen by comparing with 1948, even though the figures shown for the latter year are for the period from 5th July only. Housing. Reference has been made in the section dealing with midwives to the difficulty in providing houses in certain areas. The same remarks apply to the housing of general nurses. Training for Queen’s Roll. Arrangements were made during 1949 for five nurses to receive Queen’s training in district nursing. \
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