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Marylebone 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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NURSING IN THE HOME.
The Paddington and St. Marylebone District Nursing Association continue to
provide adequate nursing services in the home under an arrangement made with the
Council. The number of cases of pneumonia nursed fell from 171 in 1937 to 11 in
1938. Thirty-eight cases of measles or German measles were nursed during 1938
as against none in the previous year. Table 17 gives full particulars of the work
carried out in 1938.
TABLE 17.
Home Nursing Service.
| No. of cases nursed. | No. of visits paid. | |
|---|---|---|
| Maternity | 25 | 507 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 3 | 82 |
| Pemphigus neonatorum | 3 | 40 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | 3 |
| Influenza | 10 | 43 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 40 |
| Pneumonia | 11 | 175 |
| Tuberculosis | 3 | 86 |
| Mumps | 2 | 38 |
| Measles or German measles | 38 | 348 |
| Chicken pox | 1 | 6 |
TREATMENT CENTRES AND CLINICS.
Under this heading a description is required of any developments or changes
in regard to treatment centres and clinics, including clinics solely for diagnosis or
consultation.
The Council has three health centres:—
No. 1. Accommodated temporarily at the Old Baths Establishment, No.
181, Marylebone Road, pending transfer, during 1939 it is hoped, to the
new building in course of erection on a site adjoining the Town Hall.
This centre comprises a tuberculosis dispensary, maternity and child
welfare clinics and a diphtheria immunisation clinic.
No. 2. A new building at No. 217, Lisson Grove with provision for maternity
and child welfare clinics and auxiliary services of various kinds, including
dental treatment, chiropody, child guidance, light therapy and massage.
No. 3. A new and smaller centre inaugurated during the year at No. 21a,
Paddington Street, and providing ante-natal and child welfare clinics.
In addition, consultations held at the Middlesex and Queen Charlotte's Hospitals
form part of the Council's maternity and child welfare scheme.
HOSPITALS: PUBLIC AND VOLUNTARY.
Hospital accommodation being a matter with which the Borough Councils in
London have no direct concern, it is not considered necessary to make special reference
to it. St. Marylebone is fortunate in the number of voluntary hospitals and
dispensaries of various kinds that are situated within its boundaries, and to these
cases from the welfare centres are referred as and when necessary. Queen Charlotte's
and the Middlesex Hospitals are available for ante-natal and complicated maternity
cases.
Nursing homes in the Borough number 59, but with these, registration under
the Nursing Homes (Registration) Act, 1927, being in the hands of the London
County Council, the Borough Council have no concern.