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SECTION II.—PROVISION OF HEALTH
SERVICES IN THE BOROUGH.
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS OF THE BOROUGH COUNCIL,
The names and qualifications of members of the staff of t he Public
Health Department at 31 st December, 1931, are tabulated on pages 3-5,
in the form required by the Ministry of Health.
NURSING ARRANGEMENTS.
(a.) General Nursing in the Home.—This is carried out by the
Chelsea, Pimlico and Belgravia District Nursing Association, located
at 10, Sydney Street, Chelsea. The Borough Council makes an annual
grant to the Association, in addition to a payment of 1s. 6d. per visit.
For this remuneration the Association has undertaken the nursing of
all cases of illness occurring in expectant and nursing mothers and also,
on the requisition of the Medical Officer of Health, the nursing of all
children in the Borough under five years of age suffering from any illness.
Cases of bronchitis, pneumonia, and other diseases thus receive
skilled attention. Acute cases are seen two or three times a day if
necessary and are also visited on Sundays. Chronic bedridden patients
receive a weekly blanket bath. When required, the nurses assist at
minor operations in the patients' own homes.
Patients are expected to make payment to the Association according
to their means, but no patient, on account of inability to do so, is refused
the services of a nurse. The only stipulations are that the patient must
be under medical supervision, require nursing and be unable to pay the
fees of a private Nursing Institution.
Details of the work done by the Association during the year on behalf
of the Borough Council will be found on page 27.
Three members of the Public Health Committee of the Borough Council
are members of the Council of the Association.
The Borough Council made a financial grant of £50 to the Association
for the year commencing 1st April, 1931. The total fees paid by the
Council for nurses' visits during the year amounted to £106 2s. 9d.
(b) Nursing of Infectious Disease Cases.—In the case of all
patients suffering from notifiable infectious disease, it is the practice of
the Department to advocate admission to an appropriate hospital for
isolation and treatment.
Under the Borough Council's Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme,
arrangements have been made with the Chelsea District Nursing Association
for the nursing of selected cases of infectious disease. In this category
are included ophthalmia neonatorum, pneumonia, measles and German
measles, whooping cough, epidemic diarrhoea, poliomyelitis, puerperal
fever and puerperal pyrexia.