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Chelsea 1944
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1944
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TABLE No
23.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 16 | 4 | 5.7.0 | 15.13.0 |
| 1940 | 2 | 1 | 15.0 | 4.10.0 |
| 1941 | 1 | 1 | - - - | 5.5.0 |
| 1942 | - | - | - - - | - - - |
| 1949 | 4 | 1 | 1. 5.0 | 4. 0.0 |
| 1944 | 2 | 1 | 1.7.0 | 3.18.0 |
| 1945 | 18 | 12 | 19.14.6 | 45.1.6 |
necessary in connection win payment of benents unaer the Health
Insurance Acts. These arrangements are made by the Tuberculosis Care
Committee and the staff of the Tuberculosis Dispensary, in conjunction
with the appropriate officials of the Health Insurance Service.
LABORATORY FACILITIES.
Analysis of Food and Drugs.— The detailed results of analyses
made during the year will be found appended to this report.
Bacteriological Examinations.—
TABLE NO.
BACTER 10 LOGICAL AND OTHER EXAMINITIONS.
| NATURE OF SPECIHENS. | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWABS FOR DIPHTHERIA BACILLI | 142 | 64 | ||||
| ” ” HAEMOLYTIC STREPIOCOCCI | 4 | = | 1 | - | 26 | |
| SPUTUM - TUBERCLE BACILLI | 11 | 5 | ||||
| URINE ” ” ” | = | - | - | - | 3 | |
| STOOL OR BLOOD For TYPHOID | 1 | 2 | - | - | ||
| ” FOR DYSENTERY | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||
| WATER AT PUBLIC BATH | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| MILK UNDER (SPECIAL DESIGNATION) ORDER | - | 6 | ||||
| MILK ON SELIVERY | = | 2 | = | 2 | 2 | - |
| FOOD AND DRUG INVESTIGATION. HEAT | = | - | = | 4 | 1 | |
| 248 | 164 | |||||
| 52.11.0 |
Anti-toxin.— Diphtheria anti-toxin is available at the Town Hall
daily during office hours. It may also be obtained at the premises of
Messrs. Timmis and Richards, 432, King's Road, S.W., at any hour,
day or night. It is supplied free of charge, both in prophylactic and in
curative doses, to medical practitioners for use in connection with patients
resident in Chelsea. The amount supplied during the year was 48,500
units. An anti-toxin syringe, needles and steriliser are also available on loan.