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The facilities for cleansing proving increasingly unsatisfactory,
a new Station was provided, and this is now meeting the needs very
well indeed.
NURSING SERVICES IN THE BOROUGH.
Stoke Newington could be better provided with Nursing
services. The Victoria Memorial Nurse has been maintained by
voluntary contributions collected in the Borough since the death of
Queen Victoria. These services for the past few years have been
supplied by Nurse Ross, a Ranvard Nurse, in a manner which has
given the greatest satisfaction to all concerned.
PHTHISIS (CONSUMPTION) AND OTHER FORMS OF
TUBERCULOSIS.
The death-rate from Consumption (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)
in the Borough for 1926 was 0.92 per 1,000.
Seventy-four cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis were notified
under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912. There
were 19 notifications of other forms of Tuberculosis.
Fifty-nine of the notified cases were insured under the Insurance
Act.
Nurse A. Ager, who is appointed to give part-time services
in connection with the Tuberculosis work within the Borough, has,
acting under the instruction of the Medical Officer of the Tuberculosis
Dispensary and myself, dealt with 99 fresh cases during
the year, and has made in all 387 visits. Nurse nger has also
attended 16 meetings of the After-Care Committee. Her record of
work suffered on account of illness.
The Tuberculosis After-Care Committee appointed by the
Borough Councils of Hackney and Stoke Newington rendered
useful services during the year. The address of the Secretary
is 26, Pembury Road, Clapton, E.5.
The allowances of extra nourishment for necessitous cases cost
£83 18s. 9d. in 1926.
Medical practitioners in Stoke Newington may be said to be
notifying the disease better than in many districts—for whereas