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PROFESSIONAL NURSING IN THE HOME.
(a) General.—Arrangements are made with the Ranyard
Mission by which the services of a nurse are utilised in the borough
for the nursing of children under five. The Council, with the
approval of the Ministry of Health, make an annual subscription
of £50 to the Mission funds. By means of subscriptions, donations
and other local means a further £270 was added to this amount last
year, in order that the services of two full-time nurses might be
available for district nursing in the borough.
Miss Ashton, 70, Park Lane, and Miss Howell, 27, Kynaston
Road, carry out the full-time nursing duties. Their services are
much appreciated and they are extremely popular in the
borough.
Necessitous cases receive free attention, but in other cases a
fee, in aid of the Mission funds, is charged according to means.
The Nurses' work for 1934 includes :—
Number of visits paid, 11,817 ; of these, 3,634 were in the
South Hornsey Ward.
Cases treated 347, of these 122 were in the South Hornsey
Ward.
Children visited :—
Under 5. Of School
Age.
After Tonsillectomy 12 23
Threadworms 7 10
Pneumonia 2 —
Other cases 13 . 14
34 47
(b) For Infectious Diseases.—No provision has been made
for the home nursing of such cases. During prevalence of such
diseases as Measles and Whooping Cough the Council's Health
Visitors give advice and assistance and the services of an additional
Health Visitor may be called upon if required.