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A considerable amount of work is undertaken by the Nursing Sisters
of St. John the Divine and the following figures have been supplied to
me as indicating the scope of some of their activities:—
General District Nursing
Patients 141 Visits 4,262
Surgery
Patients 678 Attendances 4,119
Midwives.
The Borough Council is not the supervising authority under
the Midwives Acts. From a return provided by the County Council,
the number of midwives practising in the Borough is estimated at
twenty-two. The Council has hitherto made provision for the attendance
of midwives, in necessitous cases, either to act as midwives or,
where a doctor is in attendance, to act as maternity nurses. During
the year under report the midwive's fees were paid in three instances.
In view of the coming into force of the London County Council
Scheme for the provision of domiciliary midwifery, this provision by
this Borough Council was discontinued as from the beginning of the
year 1938.
Laboratory Facilities.
See " Food " and " Infectious Diseases."
HOSPITALS.
Infectious Diseases.
Under the provisions of the Local Government Act, 1929, hospital
accommodation for the isolation and treatment of infectious diseases,
including small-pox, is organised and maintained by the London County
Council for the County of London as a whole.
The South-Eastern Hospital, situated in Deptford, has approximately
480 beds.
Since the passing of the National Insurance Act, 1911 and other
measures, hospital and sanatorium accommodation for Tuberculosis is
similarly provided by the London County Council.
Accommodation for infectious cases for those who can pay for such
is available at the London Fever Hospital, Liverpool Road, N.