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out comprised general nursing, blanket bathing, giving of
enemata and injections of antibiotics, etc, Hydraulic
hoists are available for lifting of patients and ortho
paedic walking aids are supplied. An increasing proportion
of the work is concerned with old people.
The services of a home nurse are available at the
request of the patient's medical practitioner or hospital
medical officer, Application should be made to the Area
Medical Officer; Town Hall, Ealing, W 5,
HOME HELP SERVICE
The Home Help Service provides domestic help in time
of illness All normal household duties, including shopping,
cooking, washing, cleaning, and looking after child
ren are undertaken. There is an equivalent of 165 full -time
home helps in Ealing. At the end of the year there were
over 700 cases receiving help. The order of priority is
acute sick, maternity cases, tuberculosis, and chronic
sick and aged Nevertheless, over 80% of those helped
were old people, Payment is based on the patient's resources
and ranges from no charge to 4/- per hour. The object of
the service is to supplement assistance available from
relatives etc., and to tide patients over in emergency
rather than supply permanent domestic help. During the
year a night service was inaugurated, Attendance is from
11 p.m. to 7 a,m, and the duties of the helper consist of
sitting with and giving general care to the patient. This
has proved most valuable,
Applications for the services of either a day or night
home help should be made, accompanied by a medical certificate,
to the Area Medical Officer, Town Hall, Ealing.
W.5.
DAY NURSERIES,
There are two Day Nurseries in Ealing for the care of
children under five years of age. One nursery is situated
in Culmington Road, and has accommodation for 40 children.
The other nursery is in Greenford and has accommodation
for 50 children. Both the Day Nurseries are recognised
training centres and girls of sixteen are accepted for a
two years® training for the National Nursery Examination
Board's Diploma. Admission of children is restricted as a
general rule to those whose mothers need to go out to
work, although there are exceptions such as during ai
mother's illness, or on a doctor's recommendation for the'