[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, West Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • West Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, West Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Student Health Visitors.—Miss Edwards continued as health visitor County Council at Leeds University Department of Preventive Medicine tutor for the West Riding , and she makes this report:— Applications from suitably-qualified women to take the health visitors’ training course sponsored hv the m„ntv Council, were small in number and, after careful selection in were <v>r sp?n,,?a Dy tlle County admin'istrati vefcoun ty.exam'na 1 ‘0n * the Royal Society of Health in July and were a^ointedt heSSKSSoSiiThe and psychology have been increased. This series of lectures is given by a team from vfflsrsKb^SiSr s -ork in tn r ^ ^ f°r tUt0rS t0 be HOME NURSING hhaU ie the dUty °f eVer}’ k>Ca! health authority to make provision in their area ^ether by making arrangements with voluntary organisations for the employment by those gamsations of nurses or by themselves employing nurses, for securing the attendance of nurses on persons who require nursing in their own homes. f end ot 1957’ the staffing position of home nurses was similar to that in 1956—302 instead . , 4- The,Sl were made up 0 207 tuI1-time home nurses, 71 home nurse/midwives 4 home nurse/ ™ narlS!\ P**'1.1 me tr^ned nurses’ ]0 whole-time State Enrolled Assistant Nurses and part time State Enrolled Assistant Nurses. The number of nurses who went for training increased fiom 11 m 1956 to 20 in 1957. There were 49 new appointments of which 14 were home nurse/midwives but these appointments were offset by the loss of 48 nurses; 6 due to noS SSToJS grounds of ill-health, 2 died and 39 resigned to take other posts or to marry. ’ °n the • .Jhere is still a national shortage of home nurses, although, in the West Riding it is perhaps less ey dent than in some other places The average number of nurses working, after aliowance had been Ome nurseseaVe ^ M S1Ck leaVe’ WES 252 which is 38 be,ow lhe ettablishmem of 290 whole- A summary of the work, as indicated in the table below, shows a total of 35 542 cases attended involving 849,235 visits. The number of visits in medical, tuberculosis and maternal^?mnplicTtfons nuising has increased, but this increase is related chiefly to medical cases amongst the aged. Type of Cases attended Medical Surgical Infectious Disease Tuberculosis Maternal Complications No. of cases TOTAL 0-5 .. 5-65 Over 65 years TOTAL Age Groups Patients included in the above who have had more than 24 visits during the year attended 26,819 7,658 56 698 311 Home Nurses 656,557 148,030 742 40,814 3,092 35,542 849,235 1,997 16,490 17,055 15,890 310,579 522,766 35,542 849,235 5,729 393,183 1 per cent. of the total visits ™ “ s'. ^ lllc ngures ior ivoo. J lie amount of miection work varies from s divisions JZ * ^ 'F!» .^ ^ service d’ d W°U d S£em that the Pressure on hospital beds is relieved by the home nursing