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NURSING IN THE HOME.
The Ponders End and District Nursing Society provides two
Nurses for the assistance of the sick poor.
No financial contribution is paid to the Society by the Local
Authority, there being no co-ordination between the Society and
the Sanitary Authority.
No arrangements are in force in the District for nursing cases
of Infectious Disease in the home.
MIDWIVES.
The Middlesex County Council is the supervising authority
under the Midwives' Act. There are 11 Midwives practising in the
District.
NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE.
None of the work of the Authority is related to or administered
by this service.
LABORATORY FACILITIES.

Reference to the laboratory report shows that 1,340 swabs
were examined during the year. This number is 326 less than that
for 1932.
This diminution is due to the fact that there were only 45
cases of diphtheria notified during the year as compared with 96
in 1932.