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There was one death from diphtheria during the year.
Adequate facilities exist for immunization at the Maternity and Child
Welfare Centres in the City which is carried out by the Council's Medical
Staff.
Home Nursing.
The City Council has an arrangement with three District Nursing
Associations for the nursing in the homes of children under five years of
age suffering from various ailments and for certain conditions in adults.
The City Council pay the Associations 2s. 6d. per visit for this service.
During the year the District Nurses made 1,704 nursing visits under
these arrangements.
Domestic and Home Help Service.
The Domestic Help Service inaugurated in 1945 was continued throughout
the year. The object of the scheme is to provide help in the home for
sick and infirm who are in need of such assistance and unable themselves
to obtain it. A scale is in force for the assessment of contributions by the
persons assisted based on their income and outgoings.
The Government reimburse the cost of this service.
During the year some 193 persons were assisted under the scheme.
In 91 cases they were aged persons and unable to attend to their household
duties on account of such infirmity as paralysis, rheumatism, arthritis,
etc. These received regular assistance each week. The remaining 102
cases were not aged persons but suffered from such disabilities as blindness,
heart trouble, tuberculosis, limb injuries and temporary illnesses.
In addition to the above, assistance was also given in the home under
the Council's maternity and child welfare scheme during the confinement
of the mother or where the mother was otherwise incapacitated and
where there were young children in the home. Some 192 households
were assisted in this way during the year.
Mobile Meal Service.
The Westminster Division of the British Red Cross Society were able,
in December, 1946, to start a meals delivery service for aged people who
are unable themselves to get hot meals.
The meals are purchased by the British Red Cross Society from a
Londoners' Meals Service Centre, at a special price of 8d. per meal for
aged people and delivered in a mobile van to their homes. The cost of
the meal is recovered by the British Red Cross Society from the recipients.
The names and addresses of the aged people requiring the delivery of
hot meals are submitted to the Society by the Medical Officer of Health
weekly.