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Home Nursing.
The scheme for home nursing by the Nurses of the two local
Associations was elaborated during the year. Full details of these
extensions will be found in Section 2 of this Report.
Treatment of Minor Ailments.
Since the close of the year I reported upon Circular 1550 of
the Minister of Health in connection with the supervision of the
health of children under school age.
In the majority of cases pre-school children were already receiving
treatment for minor ailments through the local District Nursing
Associations, and occasionally such children were treated at the
London County Council School Clinic, Kingsgate Road, which was
under the management of the Hampstead Council of Social Welfare.
The Nursing Associations having stated that they were prepared to
undertake this work, the Council at its meeting on 28th of January,
1937, agreed to amend the Scheme of Home Nursing accordingly.
Full details of the new arrangement will be found in Section 2 of
this Report.
Ambulance Facilities.
The London County Council Ambulance Service is available,
without charge, throughout the day and night, for the conveyance from
any address in the County to hospitals or municipal institutions in the
County of parturient women who have made arrangements for their
admission thereto.
Maternity Beds.
(I) New End Hospital.
The Borough Council has made an arrangement with the London
County Council whereby a ward containing five beds is set aside for
Borough Council cases. The Borough Council contributes 9s. per day
per bed occupied, and the patients are assessed by the Assistance
Sub-Committee of the Borough Council to contribute according to
their means. These beds are available for married women only.
During the year, 37 patients were admitted to this Ward, their average
duration of stay being fourteen days.