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Chelsea 1926
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1926
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provided with such attendance, the amount of assessment on cases attended and the nett expenditure by the Council for this service:— TABLE No. 43.
| Year. | (1)No. of applications for services of | (2)Total number provided with a | Amount of Assessment on cases attended. | (3)Nett Costto Council. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternity Nurse. | Midwife. | Maternity Nurse. | Midwife. | Maternity Nurse. | Midwife. | Maternity Nurse. | Midwife. | |||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
| 1925 | 10 | 51 | 10 | 38 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 32 | 6 | 6 |
| 1926 | 11 | 56 | 8 | 42 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 6 | 0 |
Note.—(1) Includes applications refused and cases subsequently withdrawn.
(2) Includes cases assessed during former year.
(3) Half the nett cost to Council is recovered as a grant from the Ministry
of Health.
HOME HELP.
Whole-time Home Helps are employed by the Borough Council for
service in the homes of necessitous women during confinement. A panel
scheme is in operation under which selected women are placed upon
a roster and their services utilised in rotation. This system is found to
be very successful in its working. The following Table No. 44 shows,
for the years 1925 and 1926, the number of applications received
for Home Help service, the number of cases attended, the amount of
assessment on cases attended and the nett expenditure by the Council
for this service:—
TABLE No. 44.
| Year. | No. of applications for services of Home Help, including extension over the usual period of 2 weeks. | Total number of cases attended by the Home Helps. | Amount of Assessment on cases attended. | *Nett Cost to Council. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| 1925 | 40 | 19 plus 13 extensions | 28 | 12 | 0 | 62 | 8 | 0 |
| 1926 | 37 | 16 plus 1 extension | 20 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 8 | 5 |
* Grant from the Ministry of Health.