[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, East Sussex County Council.
- East Sussex (England). County Council
- Date:
- 1962
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, East Sussex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![DOMICILI/iRY MIPmgRY. HiSALTH VISITING- AMD HOME NURSING- (SECTIONS 23. 2h. and 25') (exclu'din.^^ Hoye and Portslade areas) The East Sussex County Nursing Association acting as agents of the East Sussex County Council provide the midwifeiy, health visiting and home nursing services throughout the county (other than in the Borough of Hove and the Urban District of Portslade-by-Sea), The County Nursing Association is a federation of 52 district nursing associations and at 31st December, 19^2, there were 120 nurses working in these districts in the following capacities 68 on full time and 2 on part time generalised duties (i.e, midwifery, home nursing, health visiting and school nursing) 20 on full time and A on part time combined duties (i.e. midwifery and home nursing only) 3 on full time and 5 on part time home nursing duties 18 on full time health visiting and school work. Thus it will be seen that 9A nurses included midwifer;)’' in their duties; 88 health visiting and 102 home nursing. 106 of the 120 district nursing sisters were Queen's Nurses. In addition to the above the following staff were employed 2 v/hole time tuberculosis visitors 1 whole time tuberculosis and geriatric visitor 1 whole time midwifery tutor. The administrative and supervisory work of the three services are under the control of the Superintendent Nursing Officer who is assisted by a deputy and three area assistant superintendent nursing officers. The approved expenses of the County Nursing Association are met by the Local Health Authorit3''. The following is a brief outline of the work undertaken by the nursing staff during 1962,. MIDIVID’ERY Births The number of deliveries attended by the district nurse midwives in 1962 was 1 ,222 this was 28 fev/er than in 1 96I in spite of the fact that the total number of notified births in the year increased by^28A. Private midwives attended 10 patients but the remainder v/ere institu- tional deliveries. In the domiciliary cases trichloroetliylene v^as administered in 526; gas and air in 535 and pethidine in 6A3. /-ll the midwives employed by the County Nursing Association are qualified to administer the inha,lational ana-lgesics. Medical aid vms summoned in 5A1 cases. Puerperal Pyrexia 65 cases of puerperal pjerexia were notified; l+Q in hospitals and 17 on the district. Eev/ were of any clinical importance. Ophthalmia neonatorum Three cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified but none of these v/as serious and no impaii'ment of vision was reported. There v/ere no cases of retrolental fibroplasia. 1'aterna] Mortality In 1?6l I reported that for the first time a year had passed](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2918700x_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
