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Marylebone 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Supply of Milk and Food.
Indicate what arrangements are made for this service by inserting "Yes" or "No" in each space in the following table :—
| Terms of supply. | Milk. | Other hood. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant Mothers. | Nursing Mothers. | Children under 5 years of age. | Expectant Mothers. | Nursing Mothers. | Children under 5 years of age. | |
| Free, or at less than cost price, in necessitous cases | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes-dried milk |
| At cost price in other cases (e.g., sale of dried milk at Centres) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
*Excluding children who are known to have previously attended a Centre in
another district.
†Including Ante-natal Clinics provided at institutions transferred to the
Council under Part I of the Local Government Act, 1929.
(Paragraphs 6-10, do not apply to St. Marylebone.)
11. Day Nurseries.
(a) Number of day nurseries: (i) provided by the Council, nil; (ii)
vided by Voluntary Associations, 3.
(b) Number of places for children under 5 years of age in the nurseries:
(i) provided by the Council, nil; (ii) provided by Voluntary Associations,
93.
(c) Total number of attendances of children at these nurseries during the
year, 15,193.
12. Infectious diseases.
| Disease. | Number of cases notified during the year. | Number of cases visited by officers of the Council. | Number of cases for whom home nursing was provided by the Council. | Number of cases removed to hospitals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8* | 5 | - | 7 |
| (2) | Pemphigus Neonatorum | - | - | - | - |
| (3) | Puerperal Fever | 3 | 3 | - | 3 |
| (4) | Puerperal Pyrexia | 18 | 1 | - | 17 |
| (5) | Measles and German Measles (in children under 5 years of age) | Not Notifiable | 300 | 8 | - |
| (6) | Whooping Cough (in children under 5 years of age) | 55 | - | - | |
| (7) | Epidemic Diarrhoea (in children under 5 years of age) | 4 | - | - | |
| (8) | Poliomyelitis (in children under 5 years of age) | - | - | - | - |