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St Pancras 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Professional Nursing in Necessitous Homes.
This is provided by the staff of the following three District Nursing Associations:—
Hampstead District Nursing Association, 3, Pond Street, N.W.3.
Metropolitan District Nursing Association, 31, Bedford Place, Bloomsbury Square,
W.C.1.
North London (Islington) Nursing Association, 6 and 7, Canonbury Place, N.l.
The Borough Council had an arrangement with these Associations for the home nursing,
at the request of the medical practitioner in attendance, of cases of Measles, Whooping Cough,
Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Pemphigus Neonatorum, Infective Enteritis, Acute Primary and
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.
An additional arrangement with the Metropolitan District Nursing Association covered
the home nursing of cases of Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
Payment for this nursing was included in block grants made by the Council, which for the six months ended 4th July, 1948, were as follows:—
| District Nursing Association | Under the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme | Under the Influenzal Pneumonia Regulations | Total Block Grant | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | s. | s. | ||||
| Hampstead | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Metropolitan | 93 | 15 | 31 | 5 | 125 | 0 |
| North London | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 10 |
| Totals | 111 | 5 | 41 | 5 | 152 | 10 |
The following table gives the number of cases and the number of visits during the same half.year:—
| District Nursing Association | No. of Cases | No. of Visits |
|---|---|---|
| Hampstead | 46 | 449 |
| Metropolitan | 71 | 596 |
| North London | 23 | 202 |
| Totals | 140 | 1,247 |
Midwifery Grants.
Assistance was accorded to the University College Hospital where a St. Pancras mother
was accepted for her confinement and was unable to pay the sum of £3 per week. This
assistance, to a maximum of £1 per patient admitted to the hospital, was granted only in
approved necessitous cases. Between 1st January and 4th July, 1948, there were 37 cases,
at a cost to the Borough Council of £34 16s.
An agreed sum of £7 7s. per call was also paid to this hospital in respect of the use of
an Emergency Obstetric Unit which was called upon on four occasions during the half year.
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