[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Dunbarton County Council.

  • Dumbartonshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Dunbarton County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 25. HEALTH VISITING (Section 24) No. of V isits paid by Health Visitors capacity as Health Visito (or by Distn rs) during th ct Nurses in their year Exp* Motl Ct&Dt lers* Chi] nn 1 yeai dren der ot age Chi bet the 1 a dr«n treen «e of nd 6 Tuber* cai :olosis es Other Cases* Total Visits Paid First Visitst Total Visits First Visitst Total Visits First Visitst Total Visits First Visitst Total Visit* First Visitst Total Visit* (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (ii) (12) Health Visitors em- ployed by the Authority 122 236 2,912 13,146 3,706 11,993 273 1,073 1,766 7,339 33,767 Health Visitors em- ployed by Volun- tary Organisations Notes.—These visits do not include visits paid by a midwife-health visitor who is to attend the confinement as a midwife or maternity nurse. fFollow-up and other visits paid to schoolchildren under the School Health Service are not included in Columns 10 and 11. Table 26. HOME NURSING (Section 25) No. of Cases attended by Home Nurses (or by District Nurses in their capacity as Home Nurses) under arrangements made under this Section No. of Visits paid by Nurses to these Cases (1) (2) (3) Home Nurses employed directly by the Authority 4,291 63,541 (747) (33,636) Home Nurses employed by Voluntary Organisations under arrangements made by the Authority — — Elderly patients (e.gthose aged 65 or over) are included and also shown separately in the brackets. Table 27. DOMESTIC HELP (Section 28) (i) No. of Domestic Helps employed at end of year 195 (a) whole-time ... .... .... .... 3 (6) part-time 187 (c) Retaining fee basis 5 (ii) No. of cases for which Helps were provided during the year 679 (iii) No. of cases in (ii) provided on account of confinement :— (a) at home 104 (b) in hospital .... . ... 34 (iv) No. of cases in (ii) provided on account of chronic sick in- eluding aged and infirm (if available) 451