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Nursing Facilities.
By arrangements made with both Nursing Associations their
nurses are available for cases of Measles, Whooping Cough, Epidemic
Diarrhoea, Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Acute primary or acute influenzal
Pneumonia and Influenza, and also for certain other diseases of adults
not connected with this section.
During 1921, 50 cases of these diseases were nursed by the Kilburn
and West Hampstead District Nursing Association, and 11 by the
Hampstead Nursing Association under the agreement with the Borough.
SUPPLY OF FOOD (INCLUDING MILK).
An account of the steps taken by the Borough Council to supply
food and milk to expectant and nursing mothers and to children is given
in the Section relating to Food, on page 32.
STAFF.
Early in the year it was decided to engage the services of an
Investigation Officer and Clerk. Mr. Dewhurst, an Official of the
Middlesex County Insurance Committee, was appointed to the post and
undertook the investigation of all applications for assistance in the
matter of milk and food, etc. The great reduction, however, that took
place in the help afforded, very materially reduced the amount of this
Officer's work, and when later in the year he secured another appointment
the position was not filled, but arrangements were made for the
inquiries to be conducted by a member of the staff of the department.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.
By the Notification of Births Act, 1907, all births must be notified
to the Medical Officer of Health within 36 hours of their occurrence.
This is in addition to their usual registration with the Registrar of
Births.
The following statement shows the source of information, etc., of
live births notified during 1921. As births have to be notified much
sooner than registered, the total number notified differs from the number
registered:—
Notified by midwives 547
„ parents 401
„ doctors 405
„ nurses and others 159
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