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Home Nursing.
The Council by arrangement with various Nursing Associations
operating in the Borough provide home nursing services for
expectant and nursing mothers and children under 5 years of age
not attending school whose nursing is approved by the Medical
Officer of Health. Payment of Is. per visit is made by the Council
for these services.
The number of patients attended by these Associations during
the year was 554, the visits totalling 7,142. The nature of the diseases
nursed is set out in the following table : —
Maternity Nursing ... ... ... ... ... ... 38
Pneumonia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 35
Ophthalmia Neonatorum ... ... ... ... ... 10
Measles ... ... ... ... ... ... 95
Other Diseases ... ... ... ... ... ... 370
554
Infant Welfare Centres.
There are at present 11 Infant Welfare Centres in the Borough,
five being conducted by the Council and six by Voluntary Associations.
The opening of a new Municipal Infant Welfare Centre
at Sumner Road, Peckham, in June of the year under review
provided an opportunity of making adjustments in the boundaries
of certain Infant Welfare Centre districts, which has called for
attention for some considerable time.
During the year the Council purchased No. 114, Lordship Lane
for the purpose of erecting a modern Infant Welfare Centre on the
site of the existing Centre premises. Proposals for the acquisition
of the adjoining premises, Nos. 112 and 112 a, Lordship Lane, are
also under consideration so as to enable accommodation to be
placed at the disposal of the London County Council for a School
Treatment Centre to replace a similar Centre at Amott Road,
where the accommodation is deemed to be insufficient and unsuitable
for the needs of this service. Plans of these buildings have
been prepared, and it is hoped that building operations may
shortly commence.
The attendances at the Infant Welfare Centres during the year
1938 are set out in the tables on page 29.
Health Visitors and Home Visiting.
At the end of the year there were 15 Health Visitors attached
to the Infant Welfare Centres serving the Borough. Of these,
5 were employed by the Council and 10 (7 full-time and 3 part-time)
by Voluntary Associations undertaking Maternity and Infant