[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Hitchin R.D.C.
- Hitchin (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1972
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Hitchin R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![HOME NURSING - SECTION 23 The folif'wing are statistics relating to the work of the home nurses in 1972. It will be seen that they made 6,723 visits to 8II patients, HOME NURSING Classification No, of cases No. of visits attended made Medical 490 5,428 Surgical 260 1,169 Tuberculosis 1 2 Others 60 184 TOTALS 811 6,723 AMBULANCE SERVICE - SECTION 27 - NORTH HERTS Number of patients conveyed 69»08l Number of journeys 30i853 Total Mileage ^5^,555 Details of Journeys Accidents 1,601 Sudden Illness 784 Removals 65,953 Maternity 743 The divisional area is served by the County Amb\ilance Station at St. George's Way, Stevenage, The Area Supervisor is Mr, J. Sweetman, who has kindly supplied the above statistics. PREVENTION OF ILLNESS: CARE AND AFTER-CARE SECTION 28 - NORTH HERTS, The Medical Loan Service continues to be delegated to the British Red Cross Society and St, John's Ambulance and these organisations ]^ay a large part in providing equipment and aids to the ill and handicapped at home. For this voluntary service we should like to express our thanks.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29430975_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
