Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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for accident cases are provided by the London County
Council.
Maternity Cases.—The London Ambulance Service
provided by the London County Council is available for
the conveyance of women to Maternity Homes.
PROFESSIONAL NURSING IN THE HOME.
General.—The Hammersmith District Nursing Association
provides nurses in all cases for general nursing,
upon application being made to the Nightingale Shore
Home, 10, Mall Road. Patients are expected to make
payments to the Nursing Association in accordance with
their means, but no patient is refused the services of a
nurse on awount of inability to pay.
Nursing. The arrangements made by the Borough
Council with the District Nursing Association to provide
nurses in cases of measles, ophthalmia neonatorum,
pneumonia, &c., continued throughout the year. When
necessary two or three visits are paid daily.
The Council make a grant to the Nursing Association
of £250 per annum, for the nursing of all cases approved
by the Medical Officer of Health.
The amount being divisible as follows:—
Maternity and Child Welfare Nursing £125
Public Health Regulations £12,5
SCHOOL CLINICS.
The L.C.C. Hammersmith School Treatment Centre,
108, Shepherd's Bush Boad, is provided by the Hammersmith
District Nursing Association. The latter receive
appropriate grants from the London County Council.