[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Lincoln City.

  • Lincoln (England). City Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Lincoln City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tn addition, 324 visits were paid by the Health Visitors to other cases. These included visits to homes of persons suffering from illness, to an expectant mother, in connection with the adoption and boarding-out of children, applications for admission of children to the Day Nursery and cases notified under the Acute Rheumatism Regulations. The total number of visits paid during the year was 8,481 as compared with 8,710 visits during 1948. HOME NURSING The Home Nursing Service continued to be available to patients being nursed in their homes. After consultation with the Lincoln District Nursing Association, it was agreed by the Local Health Authority to take over the nursing staff of the Association from 5th July, 1948 and from that date the Service has been operated directly by the Local Health Authority. The following is a summary of the work undertaken during the year :— No. of cases on register on 1st January .... 98 No. of new cases dealt with :— (a) Surgical . . .154 (b) Medical .. .663 (c) Tuberculosis . 14 No. of cases removed from register as :— (a) Transferred to hospital, left the district, etc. 109 (b) Died 168 (c) Treatment completed .. 538 - 815 No. of cases on register on 31st December .. 114 The total number of cases attended during the year was 929 and the total number of visits paid was 21,874. VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION Vaccination. The Local Health Authority provides facilities for vaccination, if so desired by the parents, by general practitioners taking part in the Authority’s Scheme, as well as by the Local Health Authority’s medical staff' at their clinics. The majority of general practitioners in the City were taking part in this Scheme at the end of the year. A summary of the work undertaken during the year is as follows ;—