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Chelsea 1932

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1932

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Arrangements are also in operation for the home nursing of cases of
tuberculosis. This is carried "out by the Tuberculosis Nurse to the
Dispensary. Further details will be found on page 82.
The foregoing arrangement whereby the trained nurses of the Chelsea,.
Pimlico and Belgravia District Nursing Association undertake, when,
requested by the Medical Officer of Health, the home nursing of measles
German measles, whooping cough, ophthalmia, enteritis and any other
disease for which nursing assistance is required, continues to give satisfaction.
Medical practitioners in the Borough greatly appreciate the
assistance they thus receive. No occasion has arisen where a request
for nursing assistance has not been met promptly, even in times of
pressure. The following Table No. 19 shows, for the past two years,
the number of home visits paid by the District Nurses, while Table No. 20
shows the conditions which necessitated attendance during the year
1932

TABLE No. 19.

Year.Visits.Cases
19311,521145
19321,803171

TABLE No. 20.

Nursed by District Nurses During 1932.

Visits.Cases.
Bronchitis788
Burns181
Chicken Pox21
Circumcision8916
Diarrhoea
Eye Trouble1078
Ear Trouble28520
Influenza and Pneumonia (under 5)17213
Influenza and Pneumonia (over 5)21213
Impetigo293
Meningitis and Peritonitis
Measles (under 5)17221
Measles (over 5)478
Ophthalmia Neonatorum773
Pemphigus Neonatorum
Poliomyelitis
Puerperal State21112
Rickets
Septic sores263
Tonsils and Adenoids5810
Whooping Cough432
Worms416
Miscellaneous13623
1,803171