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Midwives.—No district midwives are employed or subsidised
by the Council. There are 20 practising in the district.
Laboratorv Work.—The long-standing arrangement with
the Bacteriological Department of the Seamen's Hospital has been
in force throughout the year, whereby that Institution carried out
all necessary pathological and bacteriological work for this
Department, other than under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act,
and in this connection 2,815 specimens have been examined for
Diphtheria, 12 for Typhoid Fever, 349 for Tuberculosis, and 57
for other various conditions.
Fuller details respecting results of the examinations of
these specimens will be found under the different "headings of
the individual diseases.
Twenty-five tubes of Diphtheria Anti-toxin, containing a
total of 200,000 units of serum, have been supplied during the
year to Medical Practitioners for the treatment of patients
suffering from this disease.
HOSPITAL AND OTHER FORMS OF GRATUITOUS
MEDICAL RELIEF.
I am again indebted to the Secretaries of the Hospitals
situated in the Borough for kindly giving me information regarding
gratuitous medical relief.
The Seamen's Hospital have admitted, treated and maintained
405 Greenwich persons for an average of twenty-two
days each, in addition to which there have been 4,280 Outpatients,
making approximately 12,840 attendances of persons
belonging to the Borough of Greenwich. The number of Out
patients for the previous year was 3,040, which shows an increase
of over 1,200, with a corresponding increase in the
number of Out-patient attendances.
Miller General Hospital admitted, treated and maintained
339 Greenwich persons for an average of twenty-three
days as against 356 last year. 7,255 Out-patients have also
been treated, the total attendances being approximately 35,643.
Blackheath and Charlton Cottage Hospital admitted
202 In-patients from Greenwich, and treated 252 Casualties;
and also treated 374 Out-patients who made 2,564 attendances
for this purpose.