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Wandsworth 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1940.
Nursing Service.
This service is carried out by the Nursing Associations in
te Borough, whose nurses, when requested, attend patients
suffering from Measles, Whooping Cough, Malaria, Dysentery,
Pneumonia, Influenza, Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia, Ophthalmia
Neonatorum and Infantile Diarrhoea. They also visit the
homes of children suffering from minor ailments who are in
need of nursing attention.
A fee of Is. 3d. is paid for each visit by a District Nurse and
the Council also makes grants to several Nursing Associations.
The number of cases visited, with the total number of visits made by the nurses, is given in Table V.
TABLE V.
| No. of cases occurring. | No. of cases visited. | No. of visits made. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 230 | 13 | 132 |
| Whooping Cough | 48 | — | — |
| Influenza | — | 53 | 486 |
| Pneumonia | 249 | 61 | 944 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 34 | 10 | 128 |
| Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia | 26 | 8 | 90 |
| Infantile Diarrhœa | — | 3 | 39 |
| Minor Ailments | — | 369 | 4044 |
| Total | 487 | 522 | 5863 |
Ambulance Service.
This service is administered by the London County Council
who provide free ambulances for accidents and for the removal
of cases of infectious disease and parturient women to hospitals.
Ambulances are also provided by the same Authority for the
conveyance of other cases on payment,