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(b) Infectious Diseases, Measles, etc.
Practically all cases of the major forms of infectious disease are
sent into hospital. Of the so-called minor diseases, such as measles
and whooping cough, a number are sent to the M.A.B. hospitals. The
Council provides a temporary whole-time nurse to visit cases during
an epidemic of measles, and the Health Visitors also visit. The general
rule is that if the home surroundings are insanitary, overcrowded, etc.,
or if complications are threatened, and provided the family doctor is
willing (many can only pay for one visit by a doctor), the patient is sent
into hospital. Circumstances decide the action necessary, thus the
services of a Ranyard Nurse may be requisitioned. Information concerning
measles and whooping cough is now derived mainly from head
teachers. Where any sanitary defect is found, information is promptly
conveyed to the department for necessary action.
(c) Midwives. These are under the supervision of the London
County Council. There are some nineteen in the Borough, of whom
five are at the Municipal Maternity Home. No subsidy is paid to
midwives locally.
(d) Registration of Maternity Homes. The London County
Council is the Local Supervising Authority.

In addition to the above, 706 specimens of sputa were examined at
the Council's Tuberculosis Dispensary, in connection with Dispensary
work and 232 specimens, for private practitioners, from persons not on