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Battersea 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Nursing Facilities.
The Council had arrangements with the South London District
Nursing Association, of 109 Clapham Common North Side, for
the nursing of mothers and children under the powers contained
in Part XII of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, and also of
Patients suffering from certain infectious illnesses. A payment of
£48 15s. Od. was made to the Association in respect of their services.
The total number of attendances made by the nurses of the District
Nursing Association in connection with cases of infectious disease
was: —
Nursing Service.
| Name of Disease | Age. | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 years | Over 5 years | |||||
| Cases | Visits | Cases | Visits | Cases | Visits | |
| Eye afflictions | 49 | 486 | — | — | 49 | 486 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum, etc. | 1 | 10 | — | — | 1 | 10 |
| Ears | 39 | 532 | — | — | 39 | 532 |
| Measles, etc. | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Diarrhœa and vomiting | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 3 |
| Tuberculosis | — | — | 2 | 197 | 2 | 197 |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 9 | — | _ | 1 | 9 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | _ | _ | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Pneumonia | — | — | 4 | 52 | 4 | 52 |
| Influenza | — | — | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Other diseases | 133 | 1,105 | 1 | 6 | 134 | 1,111 |
| Totals | 224 | 2,145 | 14 | 270 | 238 | 2,415 |