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Section B.
General provision of health services
FOR THE BOROUGH.
(I) Public Health Officers of the Authority.
page 4. Staff is shown at the commencement of the Report,
(2 )Nursing in the Home.
Agreements with local nursing associations are in operation, the
fees payable being at the rate of 1s. 3d. per visit. (For number of cases
visited and total visits paid, see Table in Maternity and Child Welfare
Section of this Report.)
(3) Midwives.
The number of midwives practising in the area is 18.
No arrangements are made for subsidising midwives in the Borough,
but compensation is paid to midwives, when, on the advice of a Clinic
Medical Officer, the patient has been confined in an Institution.
(4)
Poor Law Out Relief.
The following information was furnished by the London County
Council:-
Number of persons relieved
Week 2nd January, 1932
ended 2nd July, 1932
10,734
10,633
Cost.
£3,476
£3,253
Medical
relief only.
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(5 )Laboratory Facilities.
(a) Chemical Analysis.
Arrangements are made with an analytical chemist who is approved
by the Minister of Helath. All examinations are carried out at the Public
Analyst's own laboratory which was situated at 139, St. Leonard's Road,
Poplar in 1933 the laboratory was removed to Bank Buildings,
161, Bow Road, E .3. The report of the Public Analyst is given on page 71
(N.B.-Examination of samples of milk for tubercle and bacteriological
counts in graded milks are made at the Lister Institute.)