London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chelsea 1925
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1925
This page requires JavaScript
68
HOME NURSING.
The arrangement whereby the trained nurses of the Chelsea District
Nursing Association undertake, when requested by the Medical Officer
of Health, the home nursing of measles, german measles, whooping cough,
ophthalmia, enteritis and any other disease for which nursing assistance
is required, continues to give satisfaction. Medical practitioners in the
Borough greatly appreciate the assistance they thus receive. No occasion
has arisen where a request for nursing assistance has not been met
promptly, even in times of pressure. The following Table No. 47 shows,
for the years 1921-1925, the number of visits paid by the District Nurses
to the homes of expectant and nursing mothers and children under five
years of age, while Table No. 48 shows the conditions which necessitated
attendance during the year 1925:—
TABLE No. 47.
| Year. | Visits. | Cases. |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 1,192 | 84 |
| 1922 | 1,865 | 157 |
| 1923 | 1,567 | 132 |
| 1924 | 2,226 | 166 |
| 1925 | 1,673 | 169 |
TABLE No. 48. Diseases Nursed by District Nurses during 1925.
| Visits. | Cases. | |
|---|---|---|
| Bronchitis | 154 | 27 |
| Burns | 11 | 1 |
| Circumcision | 33 | 3 |
| *Diarrhœa | 73 | 10 |
| Eye trouble | 77 | 3 |
| Ear trouble | 60 | 4 |
| Influenza and Pneumonia (under 5) | 220 | 15 |
| Influenza and Pneumonia (above 5) | 46 | 5 |
| Impetigo | 45 | 2 |
| Meningitis and Peritonitis | 19 | 1 |
| *Measles | – | – |
| *Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 207 | 12 |
| *Poliomyelitis | – | – |
| *Puerperal State, including Breasts, Miscarriage, and Rise of Temperature | 228 | 13 |
| Rickets | – | – |
| Septic sores | 112 | 10 |
| Tonsils and Adenoids | 142 | 34 |
| *Whooping Cough | 13 | 1 |
| Worms | 122 | 15 |
| Miscellaneous | 111 | 13 |
| 1,673 | 169 |
* Grant received from the Ministry of Health.