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The London County Council Ambulances may also be hired (10s.)
for places other than their hospitals.
These services appear to be adequate for the needs of the
Borough.
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 1934, 94 cases were nursed under
this arrangement by the Kilburn and West Hampstead
District Nursing Association, and 30 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) Ante-natal Clinics, Infant Welfare Centres, Dental Clinic,
vide pages 35, 40 and 42 respectively.
(b) School Clinics:—Kilburn School Treatment Centre, 107,
Kingsgate Road; New End Hospital School Treatment
Centre, Heath Street.
(c) Tuberculosis Clinic, vide page 122.
(d) Venereal Diseases. Persons suffering from venereal
disease can receive free treatment under conditions of
strict secrecy in pursuance of the scheme prepared by