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ordinary cases of illness in the Borough was insufficient. We
had decided a couple of years previously to pay for the nursing
of cases of Bronchial Pneumonia in connection with Measles,
which were notified to us under the Prevention of Measles Order
of the Ministry of Health, but the additional duties imposed on
the Borough Council by the Influenza and Primary Pneumonia
Orders decided the Council to appoint a District Nurse. This
lady—Miss Gibson, of Guy's Hospital—took up her work in
January, 1920.
MUNICIPAL LYING-IN HOSTEL.
Report from January 1st to December 31st, 1920.
(1) Total Number of Cases Admitted 155
(2) Average Duration of Stay 14 days
(3) Number of Cases Delivered by Midwives 144
(4) Number of Cases Delivered by Doctors 11
(5) Number of Cases in which Medical Assistance was
sought by Midwives 34
(a) Ante-Natal 1
(b) during Labour 15
(c) after Labour 7
(d) for Infant 11
(6) Number of Cases of Puerperal Sepis with Result of
Treatment 0
(7) Number of Cases in which Temperature rose above
100.4 for 24 hours with Rise of Pule Rate 1
(8) Number of Cases notified as Opthalmia Neonatorum,
with Result of Treatment 2
1st. Not known.
2nd. Completely cured.
(9) Number of Cases Inflammation of the Eyes, however
slight 2
(10) Number of Infants not entirely Breast-fed while in
the Institution, with the reasons why they were not
Breast-fed 1
(Mother had Tubercular Disease).