[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Whitworth U.D.C.
- Whitworth (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1957
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Whitworth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE DISTRICT NURSE IN WHITWORTH CASES ATTENDED V] [sits m; >lDE On books at 31.12.56 New cases attended 1957 Cases completed 1957 Remaining on books at 31.12.57 Day Night Total 57 242 239 60 6023 1 1956 6024 6110 - 1957 6110 HOME HELP SERVICE This service is designed primarily to deal with emergency cases, ready to give assistance to families with young children so that the breadwinner may return to work. Applicants are required to contribute towards the cost of this service according to the financial circumstances of the household, but most old age pensioners are entitled to this service free of charge. NUMBER OF WHITWORTH CASES ATTENDED BY HOME HELPS 1957 Confinement at home. 1 Sickness other than Tuberculosis. 47 Old Age, Infirmity and Chronic Sick. 7 55 PREVENTION OF ILLNESS, CARE AND AFTER-CARE Health education has an important bearing on the preven¬ tion of illness-and the informal teaching carried out by all members of the Health Services in the course of their day-to- day duties is supplemented as occasion arises by the distribu¬ tion of leaflets, booklets and posters from the clinic. The relationship established with the staffs of hospitals in the year allows of continuity of treatment when persons are discharged from hospital and come under the care of midwives, health visitors, or district nurses in the home. Aftercare arrangements also include the provision of Con¬ valescent Home Treatment, and during 1957, 2 adult persons from Whitworth were sent for convalescence under t :e County scheme.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30275465_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
