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SECTION II.—PROVISION OF HEALTH
SERVICES IN THE BOROUGH.
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS OF THE BOROUGH COUNCIL.
The names and qualifications of members of the staff of the Public
Health Department at 31st December, 1935, are tabulated on pages 5.7,
in the form required by the Ministry of Health.
NURSING ARRANGEMENTS.
(a.) General Nursing in the Home.—This is carried out by the
Chelsea, Pimlico and Belgravia District Nursing Association, located
at 10, Sydney Street, Chelsea. The Borough Council makes an annual
grant to the Association, in addition to a payment of 1s. 6d. per visit.
For this remuneration the Association has undertaken the nursing of
all cases of illness occurring in expectant and nursing mothers and also,
on the requisition of the Medical Officer of Health, the nursing of all
children in the Borough under five years of age suffering from any illness.
Cases of bronchitis, pneumonia and other diseases thus receive
skilled attention. Acute cases are seen two or three times a day if
necessary and are also visited on Sundays. Chronic bedridden patients
receive a weekly blanket bath. When required, the nurses assist at
minor operations in the patients' own homes-.
Patients are expected to make payment to the Association according
to their means, but no patient, on account of inability to do so, is refused
the services of a nurse. The only stipulations are that the patient must
be under medical supervision, require nursing and be unable to pay the
fees of a private Nursing Institution.
Two members of the Public Health Committee of the Borough Council
are members of the Council of the Association.
The Borough Council made a financial grant of £50 to the Association
for the year commencing 1st April, 1935. The total fees paid by the
Council for nurses' visits during the year amounted to £109 5s. 6d.
Details of the work undertaken by the Association on behalf of the
Borough Council are shown in Table No. 20 by the number of home
visits for the past two years and by Table No. 21 the conditions which
necessitated attendance during the year 1935 :—