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4.—Nursing in the Home.
(a) General. The Hampstead District Nursing Association,
3, Pond Street, and the Kilburn and West Hampstead
District Nursing Association, 20, Dennington Park Road,
provide skilled nurses for the sick poor.
(b) For Infectious Diseases. The Borough Council contributes
towards the expenses of the Nursing Associations, whose
nurses are available for cases of Measles, Whooping
Cough, Epidemic Diarrhoea, Ophthalmia Neonatorum,
Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal Pneumonia, Influenza,
Malaria, Dysentery or Trench Fever, to the extent of
2s. 6d. per visit for the first case in a family, and 1s. 3d.
per visit for second and subsequent cases, if visited at the
same time. During 1933, 51 cases were nursed under
this arrangement by the Kilburn and West Hampstead
District Nursing Association, and 39 by the Hampstead
District Nursing Association.
(c) For Maternity Cases. Both Associations employ fully
trained nurses to attend maternity cases. The work carried
out in this connection is referred to in Section 3 of this
report.
5.—Clinics and Treatment Centres.
(a) Infant Welfare Centres, Ante-natal Clinics, Dental Clinics,
vide pages 32, 37 and 39.
(b) School Clinics:—Kilburn School Treatment Centre, 107,
Kingsgate Road; New End Hospital School Treatment
Centre, Heath Street.
(c) Tuberculosis Clinics, vide page 108.
(d) Venereal Diseases. Persons suffering from venereal
disease can receive free treatment under conditions of
strict secrecy in pursuance of the scheme prepared by
the London County Council, including the following
hospitals:—Guy's; Children's Hospital, Great Ormonde
Street; Middlesex; Royal Free; Royal Northern; St.
George's; St. Mary's; University College; Westminster.
6.—Hospitals.
(a) Public :—New End Hospital (260 beds); North-Western
Fever Hospital (410 beds).