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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. The work is now
done at the new hospital laboratories which are situated in the recently
opened Westminster Hospital Medical School building in Horseferry
Road, S.W.1, to which specimens are sent direct by medical
practitioners. Examinations of milk, special examinations of water,
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 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 T. McLachlan, Esq., F.I.C., one of the two
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 in the City by three District Nursing Associations. 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
1938 amounted to £193 2s. 2d., representing some 2,808 visits as
compared with 2,874 for the previous year.
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.1.
2. Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, Marshall Street, Golden
Square, W.l.
3. Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, Bessborough Street,
S.W.1.
4. City of Westminster Health Society, 121, Marsham Street, S.W.1.