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5. CAUSES OF SICKNESS.
No special causes of sickness fall to be discussed.
6. SUMMARY (FOR REFERENCE) OF NURSING
ARRANGEMENTS, HOSPITALS, AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS
AVAILABLE FOR THE DISTRICT.
(a) Nursing in the Home.
(i) The Plaistow Maternity Charity provide a staff of
nurses, who attend at the homes of the sick once or
twice a day, carry out such skilled nursing as is required,
and offer instructions where advisable in
hygienic home practices in relation to the sick.
(ii) For infectious diseases. In the event of an epidemic,
the Council can provide nurses for such cases as may
require to be nursed in their own homes. Of late years
this has not been necessary. No other provision of
home nursing is carried out by the Department, but
Health Visitors and School Nurses regularly advise
parents as to the nursing and general care of children.
(b) District Midwiferv Provision.
By agreement dated January 1st, 1924, with the Plaistow
Maternity Charity, the Council subsidise the Charity
on any deficit from £300 in respect of 300 District
Midwifery cases attended by the Charity reckoned at
the rate of £1 per case.
The takings of the Charity for the year amounted to
£248, leaving a balance due to the Charity from the
Council of £5l 13s. 6d., such sum ranking for grant.