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(b) Infectious Diseases.—The Health Visitors of the District
Council visit cases of the minor infectious diseases at their
homes and give appropriate advice as to management and
treatment. The Council have also made an arrangement with
the District Nursing Association for the District Nurses to visit
daily such cases of measles, whooping cough, etc., as the Medical
Officer of Health 'may notify to them.
Midwives.—There are two certified midwives practising midwifery
in the district, and a number of unqualified persons who go
out as monthly nurses under the supervision of the Doctor in charge
of the case. With regard to the latter there is need, in the interests
of the mothers and infants, of the Midwives' Acts being amended so
as to limit as far as possible unqualified persons doing this work,
except in emergencies, and to define more precisely the degree of
supervision that shall be given by the Doctor in charge of the case.
The Beckenham and Penge Maternity Home employs a number
of qualified Midwives on the Staff, some of whom attend extern cases
in the patients' homes. An arrangement has also been made
by the Home whereby certain extern cases are attended by the two
Midwives who are practising in the district, and it has also been
arranged that probationer nurses obtaining their training at the
Heme will receive experience in district work under the supervision
of these latter.
CHEMICAL WORK.
The Public Analyst for the Kent County Council carries out any
analyses or examinations required under the Sale of Food and
Drugs Acts or for other purposes.
The results of examination of samples taken under the Sale of
Food and Drugs Acts are set out in tabular form on page 38.