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9
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
IN THE AREA.
NURSING IN THE HOME.
Home nursing, or, as it used to be called, "district nursing,"
is carried out for the entire Borough by the Borough of Hornsey
Nursing Association, which is affiliated with the Queen's Institute
of District Nursing. The staff of five trained nurses, working
under a Superintendent Nurse, provide a very important social
service—skilled nursing in the homes of the people. It is a very
economical form of service, as it prevents many patients being
sent to hospitals and other institutions, and also enables hospital
cases to be discharged to their homes at an earlier date than
would otherwise be possible.
The Association is supported by donors' subscriptions, members'
subscriptions, fees, subscriptions from churches and
charities, and is subsidised by the Hornsey Borough Council
(25 guineas), Middlesex County Council (£25), and Hornsey Education
Committee (£5). For these grants the Association undertakes
the nursing of cases of puerperal fever and pyrexia,
whooping cough and measles, and the week-end care of children
operated on for adenoids and enlarged tonsils. I desire also to
acknowledge the willingness of the nurses to undertake any
suitable case referred to them during the week-ends, when the
Council's staff of school nurses and health visitors are not on
duty.
A total of 9,836 visits were paid to 469 cases during the year.
These included 18 cases of pneumonia, 4 cases of measles and
2 cases of puerperal fever.
MIDWIVES.
There are 14 practising midwives residing in the area, one
of whom is a whole-time municipal midwife, who, in addition
to conducting 144 confinements during the year, attended all the
ante-natal sessions at the Centres.