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Public Health Department,
Bow Road, E. 3.
January lst, 1918.
Sir,
I beg to present the tenth Annual Report of my work, the third
under the Local Government Board's extended scheme for the Prevention
of Infantile Mortality. Arrangements are now in working order for
(1) the payment of Nurses for visiting cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum
and measles when required; (2) payment of the Doctor's fee when
called to assist a midwife in the delivery of a necessitous mother; (3)
sale of dried milk at cost price.
The death of Miss Macqueen, Principal of the Royal College of St.
Katharine's, was a great loss to the Borough, but the work, as far as this
department is concerned, was carried on ably under Miss Buckle.
The visiting areas remain as before :—
Poplar Infant Welfare Association.
Undertake all the work south of the first bridges.
The Royal College of St. Katharine.
Undertake all the work between the first bridges and Bow Road.
The Public Health Department.
Undertake all the work north of Bow Roac.
The working arrangement between the above bodies and this
department has proceeded smoothly and harmoniously.