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Professional Nursing in the Home.
(a) General.
The Dagenham District Nursing Association is the
only organisation operating in this district. The
figures in the next paragraph will show that its activities
continue to extend. The nurses undertake midwifery
and maternity nursing, and in addition medical and
surgical cases are attended.
A total of 1,131 general nursing cases was treated
during the year, involving 10,169 visits to the homes.
341 midwifery cases and 124 maternity cases were
nursed. In addition, these patients paid a total of
2,759 visits to the ante-natal clinic held at York House.
Altogether then, the number of persons attended during
the year was 1,596 to whom 19,189 visits were paid.
During illness or other unforeseen contingencies in
the Health Visiting Staff, the services of nurses from the
association are obtainable at our clinics, a fee being
payable by this Council.
The following is an extract from the Annual Report
of the Dagenham District Nursing Association for the
year ended 31st March, 1937:-
"The Committee have again to report an
increase in the work. There has been an increase of
over 2,000 visits on last year's figures, and 157 more
cases. It is satisfactory to know that the work for
the Dagenham Urban District Council has continued,
and during the past year the following cases were
attended:—224 Ambulance Cases, 28 Cases of Measles,
75 Pneumonia Cases and 109 Influenza Cases, and the
nurses attended various Ante-Natal Clinics and
Child Welfare Centres.