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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1934
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1934
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NURSING.
The following table shows the number of patients nursed
under the Council's Scheme, the diseases from which these
patients were suffering and the number of visits paid. Under
this scheme the Council assists in the provision of nursing for
expectant and nursing mothers, children under five, and for
patients suffering from the following diseases : —Measles, German
Measles, Whooping Cough, Puerperal Fever and Puerperal
Pyrexia, Epidemic Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Influenza, Ophthalmia
Neonatorum, Polio-myelitis, Encephalitis Lethargica, Malaria,
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia and Tuberculosis.
The fee payable by the Borough Council to the Nursing Associations is 1s. per visit.
| Disease | St. Olave's District Nursing Association | Rotherhithe Queen's Nursing Association | Totals whole Borough | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Visits | Cases | Visits | Cases | Visits | |
| Pneumonia | 40 | 1186 | 22 | 423 | 62 | 1,609 |
| Broncho pneumonia | 12 | 265 | 2 | 47 | 14 | 312 |
| Bronchitis | 32 | 491 | 5 | 50 | 37 | 541 |
| Influenza | 6 | 84 | 2 | 62 | 8 | 146 |
| Measles | 105 | 2,204 | 74 | 1,386 | 179 | 3,590 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 78 | – | – | 2 | 78 |
| Tuberculosis:— | ||||||
| (a) Respiratory System | 50 | 2,372 | 14 | 553 | 62 | 2,925 |
| (b) Other Forms | 1 | 30 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 44 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pregnancy and Labour | 32 | 553 | 8 | 226 | 40 | 779 |
| Diseases of the Digestive System | 49 | 550 | 11 | 83 | 60 | 633 |
| Infantile Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Discharging Ears | 7 | 281 | 4 | 160 | 11 | 441 |
| Discharging Eyes | 8 | 164 | 8 | 171 | 16 | 335 |
| Post-operative cases:— | ||||||
| (a) Tonsils & Adenoids | 8 | 55 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 59 |
| (b) Other cases | 4 | 28 | 1 | 45 | 5 | 73 |
| Other diseases | 23 | 561 | 6 | 113 | 29 | 674 |
| Totals | 379 | 8,902 | 159 | 3,337 | 538 | 12,239 |