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Hampstead 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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(c) Total number of attendances of children at these nurseries
from 1st January, 1939, to date of evacuation : 6,803.
12. Infectious Diseases.
| Disease. | Number ofcases notified. | Number ofcases visited by officers of the Council. | Number of cases for whom home nursingwas provided by the Council. | Number ofcases removed to hospitals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Ophthalmia Neonatorum | *11 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| (2) Pemphigus Neonatorum | Not notifiable | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| (3) Puerperal fever | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| (4) Puerperal pyrexia | 14 | 10 | Nil | 13 |
| (5) Measles and german measles (in children under 5 years of age) | German Measles is not notifiable. Measles is compulsorily notifiable. | |||
| 6 | 6 | – | 1 | |
| (6) Whooping Cough (ditto) | 156 | 156 | 7 | 50 |
| (7) Epidemic Diarrhoea (ditto) | Not notifiable | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| (8) Poliomyelitis (ditto) | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
* Vision unimpaired, 11.
13. Home Nursing.
(a) Number of nurses employed at the end of the year for the
nursing of expectant mothers and children under 5 years
of age, maternity nursing, or the nursing of puerperal
fever:—
(i) by the Council:—Nil.
(ii) by Voluntary Associations:—7 employed by two
Local District Nursing Associations.
(b) Total number of cases attended by these nurses :—272.
14. Consultants.
Number of cases in which the services of a consultant have been
provided for a private medical practitioner under the
Council's maternity arrangements 2.