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St Pancras 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The scale in use in making the grants is based on weekly income and was originally
drawn up by the Council in 1922. It was discontinued in April, 1928, and a new scale
brought into use in consequence of a recommendation by the Minister of Health that the
scale should be brought into accord with the fall in the index figure of the cost of living.
The present revised income scale is shown hereunder:—
| Number in Family. | After Deduction of Rent. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free. | Half-price. | |||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| One | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 |
| Two | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Three | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| Four | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| Five | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 |
| Six | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Seven | 1 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| Eight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
Families in receipt of less income than that indicated in the table would be entitled to
receive milk. The working of the scheme has been fully indicated in previous annual reports.
Professional Nursing in Necessitous Homes.
This is now provided by the staff of the three following District Nursing Associations :—
Hampstead, Metropolitan and North London.
The Borough Council has an arrangement with all the above Associations for the Home
Nursing, at the request of the medical practitioner in attendance, of cases of Measles,
Whooping Cough, Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Pemphigus Neonatorum, Infective Enteritis,
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.
Arrangements are also in force with the Metropolitan District Association, whose local
headquarters are at 14, Oakley Square, for the home nursing of cases of Puerperal Fever
and Puerperal Pyrexia. Payment by a block grant is made by the Council.
The following table gives the number of cases and number of visits during the past year
| District Nursing Association. | No. of cases. | No. of visits. | Average No. of visits per case. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan | 205 | 2239 | 10.9 |
| Hampstead | 40 | 563 | 14.1 |
| North London | 19 | 181 | 9.5 |
| Total | 264 | 2983 | 11.3 |