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be admitted to St. Margaret's Hospital, Hampstead, with paraent
it possible, at a cost of 10s. per day per head. The Council
ambulance is used for the transport of such cases.
Assisted Milk Scheme.
The expenditure incurred by the Council under the Assiste
Milk Scheme during the year was
For ordinary milk £730 9 11
For dried milk £192 4 0
The total sales of dried milk at the clinics amounted to
£999 17s. 4d.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
20 notifications of Ophthalmia were received in the courses
of the year. All cases were attended primarily by the Midwife
who called in the Doctor on a medical aid notice. The majorit
were slight cases, there being only one serious enough to be
admitted to hospital.
In one case there was some blurring of the cornea.
Pemphigus.
Towards the end of theiyear a number of cases of Pemphigus
occurred in various parts of the district, not confined to any
one area or to any particular practice. These sporadic case
foreshadowed an extensive outbreak which occurred in the first
few months of the current year. The nature of the disease, it
method of spread and great difficulty of control by ordinary
methods of disinfection would suggest that it is a general
systemic infection, possibly spread by a carrier harbouring the
organism in the nasopharynx.
Foster Children.
There were 73 additions and 34 erasures due to children
reaching the age of 7 or removing from the district.
Maternity Homes.
The Nursing Home Registration Act which came into
operation 1/7/28 repeals part 2 of the midwives and Maternity
Homes Act, 1927. There are no Nursing or Maternity Home
in this district.