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London County Council 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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The Council pays a grant of £222 a year, as the agent of the Middlesex County
Council, to one association which has transferred the service of a branch home from
the county of Middlesex to premises within the administrative county of London.

The following table indicates the nature of the services which are aided by the Council for the year ended 31st March, 1938 :— Table 69

Number of associationsDescription of serviceTotal of bedsGrant paid by the Council
£
6Maternity hospitals or maternity wards30310,425
11District midwifery and maternity nursing3,175
2Infant welfare centres631
1Children's wards20398
1Ante-natal and post-natal clinics136
26Mother and baby homes ...418 for mothers 35111,191
10Babies' homesfor babies 3255,530

* 45 associations provide a single service and 4 associations provide more than one type of service.

Examination of staff During the year 13,912 candidates and employees were referred to the department for medical examination or investigation by the medical staff at County Hall. These may be classified as follows (the comparable figures for the previous year being also shown):—

Examinations of:—19371936
Entrants2,6812,505
Sick staff8,2147,463
Casualties, illness, etc., at County Hall538548
Visits to staff in their homes or in hospitals136178
Recommendations based on investigations by telephone and correspondence2,3432,057
Total13,91212,751

Two-hundred-and-one applicants for appointment to the permanent service failed to pass the medical examination for the following reasons :—

MalesFemalesTotal
Defective hearing and ear disease134
Defective vision and eye disease81826
Poor physique and deformities72330
Cardio-vascular disease62632
Varicose veins4812
Rheumatism156
Genito-urinary disease268
Tuberculosis and lung disease83745
Nervous disorders41115
Diseases of bones and joints246
Miscellaneous21517
Total45156201