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Chelsea 1930

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1930

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Arrangements arc also in operation for the home nursing of cases of
tuberculosis. This is carried out by the Tuberculosis Nurse to the
Dispensary. Further details will be found on page 85.
The foregoing 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. 19 shows, for the past five years, the
number of home visits paid by the District Nurses, while Table No. 20
shows the conditions which necessitated attendance during the year
1930

TABLE No. 19.

Year.Visits.Cases.
19261,953196
19271,573161
19282,026148
19291,326110
19301,838157

TABLE No. 20. Nursed by District Nurses During 1930.

Visits.Cases.
Bronchitis679
Burns
Circumcision556
Diarrhoea93
Eye Trouble17210
Ear Trouble15814
Influenza and Pneumonia (under 5)18411
Influenza and Pneumonia (over 5)1375
Impetigo643
Meningitis and Peritonitis
Measles42147
Ophthalmia Neonatorum955
Pemphigus Neonatorum181
Poliomyelitis
Puerperal State26315
Rickets
Septic sores11810
Tonsils and Adenoids287
Whooping Cough
Worms ..235
Miscellaneous266
1,838157