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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Stoke Newington 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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The Nurses' work for 1938 includes:—
Number of visits paid, 11,204; of these, 2,701 were in the
South Hornsey Ward.

Table: Cases treated 481; of these, 140 were in the South Hornsey Ward.

Cases treated 481; of these, 140 were in the South Hornsey Ward.

Children visited:—Under 5.Of School Age.
After Tonsillectomy3633
Threadworms818
Pneumonia42
Other cases4416
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(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.
At times, when the available accommodation in the hospitals
for cases of either Measles or Scarlet Fever is insufficient to permit
of the reception of all cases of those diseases, it is necessary for
application to be made to the Medical Officer of Health, who selects
those cases which in his opinion should be admitted to hospital.
MATERNITY AND NURSING HOMES
No. of Registered Maternity Homes in the borough : Nil.
No. of Registered Nursing Homes (other than Maternity) in
the borough: Nil.
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