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Chelsea 1928
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1928
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report. In the following Table No. 43 is shown, for the past two years
the number of applications for midwifery attendance, the number
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 Cost to Council. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternity Nurse. | Midwife. | Maternity Nurse. | Midwife. | Maternity Nurse. | Midwife. | Maternity Nurse. | Midwife. | |||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
| 1927 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 3 |
| 1928 | 6 | 42 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 6 |
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(1) Includes applications refused and cases subsequently withdrawn.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.
Home Helps are employed by the Borough Council for service in
homes of necessitous women during confinement. A panel scheme
is in operation under which selected women are placed upon a roster
an d their services utilised in rotation. This system is found to be
very successful in its working. The following Table No. 44 shows,
for the past two years, 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. | |||
| 1927 | 27 | 18 plus 5 extensions | 25 | 14 | 0 | 61 | 5 | 10 |
| 1928 | 22 | 9 plus 1 extension | 12 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 0 |
*Grant from the Ministry of Health.