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37 [1936
SUPPLY OF INSULIN TO NON-INSURED PERSONS.
Under Section 77 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, a temporary
supply of medicine, etc., for the poorer inhabitants of a district may with the
sanction of the Minister of Health, be made. Under this section, the Minister on
the 9th December, 1929, granted authority to the Islington Borough Council to
make such provision for the poorer inhabitants. The sanction was given provisionally
for a period of twelve months, and has been extended each year since for
a similar period. It is laid down by the Minister that practitioners applying for
supplies of Insulin should state :—
(a) the name and address, age and sex of each patient for whom it is
required, and
(b) to furnish a quarterly report in respect of each patient treated, giving
the following information :—
(1) The number of doses of Insulin administered ;
(2) Whether any tests were made of the urine or of the blood of
the patient, and, if so, by whom and with what results.
The Minister of Health has to be furnished with a quarterly report by the
Medical Officer of Health giving an abstract of the reports forwarded by the
medical practitioners, the cost of the Insulin supplied by the Borough Council,
and any general remarks as to the working of the arrangements.
So far the demand for such assistance for patients comes through the
Almoners of three of the largest hospitals. During the year under review 11
patients have received this assistance from the Borough Council, the cost of the
Insulin supplied being £29 Is. 9d.
BLIND PERSONS ACT, 1920.
Under this heading the number of " Totally Blind " and " Partially Blind "
children under 5 years of age coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of
Health, and under supervision either of the Health Visitors or Voluntary Welfare
Centres in the Borough, were as follows :—
Totally Partially
Blind Blind
No. of cases at the end of year 1934 3 9
No. of cases coming to the knowledge of M.O.H.
during the year 1935 0 5
No. of cases which left during the year 1935—
e.g., removed, address not known ; died 1 2
No. of cases under supervision at the end of the
year 1935 2 12
PREVENTION OF DEAFNESS.
Circular 1337a, Ministry of Health, dated 22nd May, 1933, on " Prevention of
Deafness."
The Islington Voluntary Welfare Centres dealt with cases coming under their
supervision; some are treated'at Centres, others are sent to hospitals. The
Borough Council's and Centres' Health Visitors are instructed to visit such cases
and see that the prescribed treatment is being followed.
Discharging ears after Scarlet Fever, coming to the knowledge of the Medical
Officer of Health, 2 cases ; after Diphtheria, 4 cases (of which one died with
Diphtheria as a contributory cause). In addition, 75 from other causes were visited