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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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NUKSING ASSISTANCE.
A scheme of home nursing has been in
operation for some years by arrangement with a
voluntary organisation, the Shoreditch and Bethnal
Green Nursing Association.
During the year 246 children under the age of 5
were nursed, a total of 2,554 visits being made.
Fifty-three mothers received 579 visits for nursing
in connection with conditions incidental to childbearing.