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GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA
Laboratory Facilities.—The arrangement with Westminster Hospital
for the bacteriological examination of material from suspected cases of
tuberculosis, diphtheria, &c., continues as heretofore. Examinations of
milk for tubercle bacilli, special examinations of water, milk, ice-cream
and other foods, particularly in the investigation of foods suspected of
being the cause of food poisoning, are also carried out at the hospital
laboratories. The examination of certified milk under the Milk (Special
Designations) Order, 1936, is carried out at the laboratories of the Clinical
Research Association. While the routine bacteriological examination of
the milk (pasteurized) supplied to schoolchildren is carried out at Westminster
Hospital, the chemical analysis of food and drugs is performed
by the Council's two public analysts at their respective laboratories.
The analysis of matter in connection with investigation of atmospheric
pollution is carried out by one of the public analysts.
Ambulance Facilities.—The various services have been fully set out
in previous reports and are efficient and adequate.
Nursing in the Home.—The nursing of general illness in the home is
undertaken by three District Nursing Associations in the City. By
agreement, the City Council, as the maternity and child welfare authority,
pays these associations for nursing cases of puerperal fever and puerperal
pyrexia and other illnesses connected with childbirth, likewise for ailments
in children up to five years of age, including measles and whooping cough.
The nursing of primary pneumonia and influenzal pneumonia is also
undertaken by the associations on behalf of the Council. The rate of
payment is 1s. 6d. per nursing visit and the total amount paid during
1936 amounted to £178 6s. 8d., representing some 2,639 visits as compared
with 2,363 for the previous year. Subsequent reference is made in this
report to the extension of nursing services to all cases of tuberculosis
and all cases of illness in children under 5 years, to take effect in 1937.
Clinics and Treatment Centres.—These institutions, apart from the
voluntary general and special hospitals, are situated as follows:—
1. Tuberculosis Dispensary and Maternity and Child Welfare Centre,
Ebury Bridge, Buckingham Palace Road, S.W .I.
2. Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, Marshall Street, Golden
Square, W.I.
3. Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, 15, Bessborough Street,
S.W.l.
4. City of Westminster Health Society, 121, Marsham Street, S.W.I.
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