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Southwark 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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NURSING.
Measles being a notifiable disease in Southwark, nurses are engaged
as required by the Borough Council to visit and attend to the cases.
Epidemic Diarrhaea is also notifiable during the months of July, August
and September. A nurse engaged by the Borough Council attends also
to this disease, as well as to the cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum A
mother's help is also provided under the Maternity and Child Welfare
Scheme, for attending the homes during the absence or illness of the
mother.
Sick nursing in the district of St. Mary, Newington, is carried out by
the Benson Home Nurses, which Home receives a subsidy of £400 from
the Newington United Charities. In the remainder of the Borough, sick
nursing is carried out by the Ranyard Nurses.
DIPHTHERIA ANTI-TOXIN.
Anti-toxin can be obtained at any time, and almost in any strength,
by application to the Town Hall.
LABORATORY WORK.
The following are the numbers of Bacteriological specimens which have been examined by the Public Analyst during the year 1922:—
| Swabs (for diphtheria) | 597 |
| Sputa (for tubercle) | 1,124 |
| Blood (Widal reaction) | 1 |
| Total | 1,722 |
MUNICIPAL NURSERY.
The new nursery at 63, Kennington Park Road was opened on
January 30th, 1922. It can accommodate 45 children. The staff consists
of a matron and a nurse, four probationers, a cook, house cleaner
and a laundrywoman. The number of children attending the nursery
during the year was 1,994 with an average daily attendance of 40. The
charge is eightpence a day for those over nine months, and tenpence a
day for those under that age.