[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.
- Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1962
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Co-operation with General Practitioners It is still not possible to re})ort any spec*ial arrangeineiit lor nienibcrs of the health visiting staff to work in really elose eo-o})era- tion with general inedieal ])raetitioners. In an authority like Dudley where most of the general praetitioner j)artnerships serve almost every part of the County Horough it is diiheult to arrange for health visitors to be attached to individual {)raetiees. This dillieulty is in- creased when there are frecpient staff ehannes and when health visitors are em])loyed who do not })ossess or are unable to drive a ear. Family doctors do. however, eontinue to seek the help of health visitors who are anxious to work in the closest possible relationship with them and can. I am sure, make a very useful contribution in this held of their work. I must again stress that the extent to which this eo-o])eration increases rests almost entirely with the family doctors themselves. 'Fhe Department is anxious to fostca’ any scheme which will further this eo-o})eration. d'he total number of \ isits made by health visitors showed a marked increase during the year. D(dails of these below. visits are given \dsits to children under 1 year; 1962 1961 (a) First visits i.oso 1,010 (b) 'Lotal visits 7.0 t? 5.044 \dsits to children betwecai 1 and a yem-s 1 0.200 S.StK) Visits to tuberculous houst'holds ()7 f 7.42 Miscellaneous visits 1.221 1,1 S.4 20..221 1 / . / / ¥ Follow-up of Cases Discharged from Hospital In this field good co-operation (‘xists particularly with the (hu'st Hospital and at the recpK'st of‘ the nu'dieal staff a numlx'r of children either discharged home or attcauling the out-))atient department were \’isited by health \'isitors who r(‘port(‘d ou their home con- ditions and progress. Health \ isitors attended tlu‘ Paediatric ()ut-pati(‘nt Depai'tment weekly and it is later hoped that it may lx* j)ossible to apjx)int oiu' experiencx'd health visitor to carry out this res]X)nsible work. .She would then be the link between the Pa(*diatrie wSer\’ie(' of the liospital and the School Ih'alth and Clinic Ser\’ie(\s of tlu* Local Health Authoritv. in making eon- praetitioners to Hosj)ital waiting lists and the role of the eommunity ser\'iee.s was the subject of Ministi'v of Health Circular lo/d‘2. In an authority the size of Dudley there is little dillieulty tact on a personal basis and it is easy for general aj)proaeh the Medical Oflieer of Health or any other members of the Health and Welfare De})artm(“nt staff wIumi he feels that he has a patient who ixxjuires the supj)orting serx iees of the Local .Authority, d'he same a})plies to the hospital ser\’ie(“ wlua’e tlu' contact is normally made with the .Ahnonei-.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29171271_0027.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
