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Section 2.
General Provisions of Health Services for the Borough.
Nursing in the Home.
(a) General and (b) For Infectious Diseases. In January, 1939,
the grants to Nursing Associations came under consideration as a
result of communications from the Associations. All the circumstances
were carefully considered, and in view of the increased number
of visits paid and the financial position of the Associations, the
Borough Council decided that during the financial year 1939-40 the
grants should be increased as follows :—
Public Health Maternity and Child
Cases. Welfare Cases.
Kilburn and West Hampstead From £70 to From £80 to
District Nursing Association £90. £120.
Hampstead District Nursing From £40 to From £30 to
Association. £50. £50.
It was decided, however, that there should be a modification in
connection with the nursing of cases of bronchitis, which should be
visitable only in respect of pre-school children to a maximum of 25
visits per case.
Hospitals: Public and Voluntary.
(a) Public: New End Hospital and- North Western Fever
Hospital. These hospitals are Air Raid Precaution Casualty Clearing
Hospitals and certain of their accommodation is earmarked for this
purpose.
(b) Voluntary: Hampstead General and North West London
Hospital. This hospital is an Air Raid Precaution Casualty Clearing
Hospital and certain of its accommodation is available in this connection.
The Children's Hospital, College Crescent and Queen
Mary's Maternity Home, Heath Street, have been evacuated. Marie
Curie Hospital, Fitzjohn's Avenue, is used by the Borough Council in
connection with food and coal control and it functions as a Hospital
Out-Patient department only. St. Columba's Hospital, Avenue Road,
continues to function for its original purpose.