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arrangements, home nursing is provided through the
agency of the Fulham District Nursing Association,
which is affiliated to Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute.
The fee paid by the Council was, as before, one shilling
for each visit. During the year these fees amounted
to £21 3s., payable by the Public Health Committee,
and £95 5s. payable by the Maternity and Child Welfare
Committee. In the latter case, one half of this amount
is recoverable from the Ministry of Health by way of
grant. The sum payable by the Maternity and Child
Welfare Committee increased from £60 15s. in 1923.
This increase was almost entirely due to the epidemic
of measles, which necessitated a much greater amount
of nursing of cases of post-measles pneumonia. This
nursing undoubtedly saved many children's lives, and
enabled many to make a complete recovery, where
otherwise they might have been left with some chronic
lung disease. The district nurses work in the closest
possible association with the Public Health Department,
and Miss Watson, the Superintendent, is always
most willing to let us have reports as to the progress
of cases, or any other information which we may
require. Many of these visits to measles cases were
the result of an investigation carried out in the first
place by the Borough Council's health visitors.

Vaccination.
I am indebted to Mr. H. Davies, Vaccination Officer
to the Fulham Guardians, for the following information
with reference to vaccination. During the year 1924,
2,042 successful primary vaccinations were carried out
compared with 2,789 during the year 1923, and 1,787
during 1922. I give in the following table fuller
details of the vaccinations carried out during the year
ended 31st December, 1923, but similar detailed figures
are not yet available for 1924:—