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In May, the Joint Hospital Board set apart one of the blocks for cases of
pneumonia, malaria, dysentery, and trench fever which are selected by the
M.O.H.
District Nursing Service.—In March the Public Health Committee
appointed a sub-committee to consider the Pneumonia, etc., Regulations,
the Ministry of Health Bill, the Influenza Regulations, 1918, the Lousiness
and Itch circular, 1919, and the duties of the Council thereunder. This subcommittee
met on the 14th March, and in default of a special meeting of the
Public Health Committee, its report was presented at the ordinary Committee
in April, when they advised that negotiations be opened with Bury House
for the provision of district nurses as and when required. In July, I submitted
the outlines of a suitable agreement, and a sub-committee was appointed to
consider the matter; meanwhile I was empowered to obtain trained nurses'
assistance, if necessary and possible. This sub-committee reported on September
2nd, but at the end of the year nothing had been settled. In September plans
were passed for alteration and additions to Bury House. In October I again
pointed out the importance of settling this matter before winter set in, and
warned my Committee that (failing provision for home nursing) the number
of deaths might be considerable.
The following notifications under this Order were notified by the end of
1919:—
Pneumonia, 102 cases—primary, 74; after influenza, 28.
Malaria, 38 cases, all contracted abroad in the first instance; one
case was complicated with dysentery.
Trench Fever.—The first and only case was notified in July.