[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vi^«lts to expectant mothers: First visite , Subsequent visits 22;t Visits to infants under 1 year of a^i’e : First visits 8404 Subsequent visits 12520 Visits to cliildren between 1 and 5 year»> of age 25274 Visits to tuberculosis (‘ases 1072 Number of visits as (‘bild protection visitors 149 Three liealth visitors w('re sent to a post-g-raduate course dnrino’ tlie year. DOMICILIARY NURSING AND MIDWIFERY SERVICE. Altlioiioh pi'ovidecl tor under two se])ai‘ate schemes, for the ])urpose of this I'epoi’t the domiciliary nursing* and domiciliary midwifery sei‘vi(‘es will again he I'egarded as one service as in the majority of instances domiciliary nurses combine the duties of nurse and midwife. At the end of the yeai* the staff tmi]doyed was: — Number of nurse-midwives 42 Number of mid wives 9 Number of nurses 10 'rota Is 01 The ('Ouncil is atfiliated with tlie (Queen’s Institute of I)isti*i(*t Nursing. Fourteen of the nurses employed are (Queen’s Nui'ses, as is also the Su])ervisor. At the end of ItldO, the ])osition with regard toi housing and trans])ort of the domiciliary nursing staff was as follows : —’ Number of nurses living in accommodation providtHl by the (Vmnty (’ouncil ; (a) Property owned by tlu^ Founty ('ouncil 7 (b) Property leased from ('ounty District ('ouncils 19 (c) Property leas(‘<l from otluu* ownei-s 3 Number of nurses renting housi^s owmsl by Founty District (’ouncils ' ^ 5 Number of nurses living in houses owned by themselves or rented from private owners 19 .Number of nurses living in lodgings or with relatives 8 Number of nurses using cars ])rovi<led by the Founty Founcil 29 Number of nurses using their own (‘ars 27 .Number of nurses using bicycles 5 The following table shows the work done by domiciliarv midwives during 1950. As an average, each includes a |)opulation of about 3,500, but the nurses and “ disti'ict individual “ districts ” vary in population content from 3,000 to 4,000 according to the type of area covered, the smaller ])0])ulation being in the more scattered rural districts.” Oiie nurse is allocated for each “ district ’’ and the majority undertake the combined duties of district nurse and midwife. Some, however, are ([ualified for general