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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.
We are very much indebted to the authorities of both Nursing
Associations for the valuable help received from them in connection
with this scheme, and particularly for their invaluable aid in nursing
cases of measles and tuberculosis.
Disease
St. Olave's
District
Nursing
Association
Rotherhithe
Queen's
Nursing
Association
Totals
whole
Borough
Cases Visits Cases Visits Cases Visits
Pneumonia 23 455 9 209 32 664
Broncho-pneumonia 3 35 2 80 5 115
Bronchitis 12 151 3 32 15 183
Influenza 46 476 4 42 50 518
Measles - - - - - -
Whooping Cough 5 61 2 26 7 87
Tuberculosis :—
(a) Respiratory System 19 752 11 424 30 1,176
(b) Other Forms 5 267 - - 5 267
Puerperal Pyrexia . 1 3 1 12 2 15
Puerperal Fever — — — — — —
Pregnancy and Labour 34 361 5 53 39 414
Diseases of the Digestive
System 15 120 8 39 23 159
Infantile Diarrhoea
(under 2 years) 1 17 — — 1 17
Discharging Ears 7 153 4 43 11 196
Discharging Eyes 6 65 6 92 12 157
Post-operative cases :—
(a) Tonsils & Adenoids 2 8 1 4 312
(b) Other cases 2 31 2 18 4 49
Other diseases 16 176 6 160 22 336
Totals 197 3,131 64 1,234 261 14,365