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Chelsea 1929
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1929
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HOME NURSING.
The arrangement whereby the trained nurses of the Chelsea, Pimlico
and Belgravia 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. 45 shows, for the past two years, the number of visits
paid by the District Nurses to the homes of expectant and nurs'ng mothers
and children under five years of age, while Table No. 46 shows the conditions
which necessitated attendance during the year 1929 :—
TABLE No. 45.
| Year. | Visits. | Cases. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 2,026 | 148 | |
| 1929 | 1,326 | 110 | |
| TABLE No. 46. | |||
| Nursed by District Nurses during 1929. | |||
| Visits. | Cases. | ||
| Bronchitis | 78 | 6 | |
| Burns | 23 | 3 | |
| Circumcision | 10 | 2 | |
| *Diarrhcea | 28 | 2 | |
| Eye trouble | 23 | 3 | |
| Ear trouble | 83 | 6 | |
| Influenza and Pneumonia (under 5) .. | 221 | 13 | |
| Influenza and Pneumonia (over 5) | 189 | 16 | |
| Impetigo | 3 | 1 | |
| Meningitis and Peritonitis | — | — | |
| *Measles | 41 | 2 | |
| *Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 160 | 4 | |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 7 | 1 | |
| *Poliomyelitis | — | — | |
| *Puerperal State | 175 | 13 | |
| Rickets | — | — | |
| Septic sores | 65 | 6 | |
| Tonsils and Adenoids | 33 | 8 | |
| ""Whooping Cough | 29 | 3 | |
| Worms | 60 | 8 | |
| Miscellaneous | 98 | 13 | |
| 1,326 | 113 | ||
* Ranks for grant from the Ministry of Health.