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Nursing.
The nursing arrangements of the Borough provide for the assistance
of skilled nurses in the treatment of maternity cases and infectious
disease cases arising out of maternity, and for illness in
children under 5 years of age, and also for patients suffering from
pneumonia, malaria, dysentery and other diseases specified in the
Public Health (Pneumonia, Malaria, Dysentery, etc.) Regulations,
1919, and other approved cases.
Such nursing is carried out by the Ranyard Nursing Association,
Camberwell District Nursing Association, Rotherhithe
District Nurses, and the East Dulwich and Dulwich Village Nursing
Society, the majority of the work falling in the areas of the two
former Associations.
A charge is made by the two first-named Associations for each
visit, which prior to April was at the rate of eightpence for certain
cases and fourpence for others, afterwards altered to a flat rate of
one shilling for each visit.
The total expenditure on this service for the year amounted to
£234 15s. 4d., representing 4,859 visits, the Ministry of Health
paying a grant in aid of half the expenditure incurred in respect
of cases chargeable to Maternity and Child Welfare, viz., £223 9s. 8d.
Milk.
Grants of milk in accordance with the following conditions
provided by the Ministry of Health Circular No. 185 were continued
to be made to:—
(a) Nursing mothers.
(6) Expectant mothers in the last three months of pregnancy,
and;
(c) Children up to 3 years of age, and exceptionally to children
between 3 and 5 years of age.
The quantity of milk to be supplied at less than cost price must
not ordinarily exceed one pint per day per person, but in the case of
infants between o months and 18 months, in exceptional cases
1½ pints a day may be supplied.
The total number of applications received was 8,206, of which
7,987 conformed to the income scale laid down by the Council and
approved by the Ministry of Health. The gross cost of the grants
made was approximately £3,900, of which sum the Ministry pay
one half.
Every individual application was carefully examined by the
Milk Applications Committee, and in cases where a doubt existed
regarding the applicant's statement of his earnings enquiries were
made before a grant was authorised. In only one instance was it
necessary to request the attendance of the applicant before the
Committee to offer an explanation of the conflicting information
relating to circumstances.