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Infant clinics in connection with the maternity departments of
Westminster, St. George's, Middlesex, and the General Lying-in Hospitals
are held weekly in those institutions, but they do not come within the
maternity and child welfare scheme of the Council. Since the Discontinued
Grants (Apportionment) (London) Order, 1930, made by the
Minister of Health, the infant welfare clinics at Charing Cross and the
Infants' Hospital, Vincent Square, receive annual grants from the City
Council, and are accordingly included in the maternity and child welfare
services of the Council.
Nursing.—Under the maternity and child welfare scheme of the
Council arrangements are in force with the three district nursing associations,
the Pimlico, Belgravia and Chelsea; the Westminster; and the
Metropolitan Associations, for the nursing of children under five years of
age suffering from various ailments, and for certain conditions in adults.
The following table shows the nature of certain conditions for which
nursing visits were paid by the three nursing associations:—
Table LIII.-Home Nursing.
Chelsea, Pimlico and Belgravia. | Westminster Nursing Committee. | Metropolitan Nursing Association. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of Patients. | Number of Visits. | Number of Patients. | Number of Visits. | Number of Patients. | Number of Visits. | |
Affection of the eyes | 8 | 223 | 7 | 67 | 2 | 15 |
Complications of maternity | 22 | 192 | 10 | 123 | 1 | 31 |
Pneumonia | 12 | 222 | 4 | 54 | 7 | 100 |
Bronchitis | 2 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 71 |
Tuberculosis | 8 | 139 | 4 | 141 | - | - |
Measles | 15 | 145 | 9 | 143 | 4 | 29 |
Septic conditions | 1 | 26 | - | - | - | - |
Phimosis | 1 | 9 | - | - | - | - |
Worms | 4 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Boils | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
Impetigo | 7 | 69 | 4 | 51 | 2 | 27 |
Chicken-pox | 2 | 15 | - | - | - | - |
Constipation | 7 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Vomiting | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Affection of ears | 12 | 195 | 4 | 70 | 5 | 101 |
Circumcision | 10 | 75 | 10 | 89 | 8 | 76 |
Burns | 2 | 16 | 1 | 11 | - | - |
Adenitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | 22 |
Tonsillectomy | - | - | 5 | 27 | 3 | 9 |
Vaginitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | 13 |
Bathing | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
Ulcerated mouth | - | - | 1 | 65 | - | - |
Erythema | - | - | 1 | 46 | - | - |
115 | 1,391 | 64 | 910 | 40 | 507 |