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HOME NURS LJQ:
Tho arrangomenta with the Metropolitan District Nursing association
to undortako tho nursing of casos of illness occurring in expectant and
nursing mothers and the nursing of children under five years of age suffering
from any illness at home, was continued throughout the year, the total number
of visits being 603 to 50 cases.
EVACUATION:
applications for the evacuation of 10V children under the Scheme for
"under fives" were dealt with during the year. This figure included 22
children for whom temporary accommodation was arranged during the mothers'
absence from homo for confinement. The number of expectant mothers who wore
evacuated under tho L.C.C. Scheme for expectant mothers was 121.
NaTION.iL MUK aND vnaJalNS SCHEIE:
The administration of this Scheme in
Finsbury was curried out in the Public Health Department until June, 19 .c2, when
it was transferred to the Food Office. After this date, however, the Municipal
and Voluntary Centres still operated as distributing points for vitamin
products and national driad milk.
MJD'HFERY:
In-patient arrangemonts:
Tho scheme with St. Bartholomew's, the Royal
Northern (Maternity Nursing Association) and City of London Maternity
Hospitals has boon continued throughout tho year. Owing to war-time conditions
St. Bartholomew's have, in fact, only admitted emergency cases to their wards
and havo arranged for the evacuation of all other in-patient cases. All
Finsbury cases booking at tho City of London Maternity Hospital have again been
Sacuatod to Brockett Hall for their confinement. The total number of in-patients
der this scheme during tho year was 41.
In the case of University College Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital
tho Council pays £1 for each necessitous case which is admitted as an in-patient.
There woro 17 such cases during 1942.
Throughout tho course of the year almost half of the in-patient
maternity cases have been dealt with under the L.C.C.Evacuation scheme.
.J-though there is a shortage of beds under this scheme all mothers desiring
this service have boon evacuated. In 1942, 121 expectant mothers were sent
away.
Co-operation was maintained between tho Hospitals concerned and tho
la tornity and Child Kclfaro Department. Attendances at ante natal clinics
aro notified and ante natal visits are made by our Health Visitors.
Domiciliary midwifery
U> carried out by St. B rcholomew's and the
Matornity Nursing dissociation; 2i2 confincients wore attended. There is no
L.C.C. I/iidwifo practising in Finsbury and no Finsbury case has been delivered
by an L.O.C.Mia.-ife.
Purt N .'■ 1 Cii . :U:
I" r/-'C oarlior part of ti.o year it w&s noticed th:it
many of tho mothers were not having routine post natal examinations. IL i:
thought to bo duj to tho fact that many of them wore being; delivered in