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5 —SUMMARY OF NURSING ARRANGEMENTS,
Etc.
PROFESSIONAL NURSING IN THE HOME.
(A)—General.
The provision of home nursing is not undertaken by the
County Council or the District Council. Voluntary Nursing
associations provide a district nurse in each of the following
parts of the district:
Central Hendon,
West Hendon,
Child's Hill,
Mill Hill,
Hampstead Garden Suburb,
so that the district is well provided for in this respect.
These Nursing associations are quite independent of Public
Authorities.
(B)—For Infectious Diseases.
No special provision is made, but complicated cases of
Measles, Whooping Cough, etc., are dealt with by the
district nurses as part of their general work.
MIDWIVES.
The Hendon Urban District Council employs a Midwife
whose work lies mostly in West Hendon. The fee charged
for attendance on a confinement case is ,£1 1s. 0d.
The following are the particulars of the work of the
Council's Midwife during the year:
Number of cases Booked 90
Number of Confinements Attended 76
Number of Ante-natal Visits 223
Number of ordinary Working Visits 1167
Number of late Visits (i.e. Visits paid
after the normal period of 10 days) 171
Owing to a special rush of cases in October and
November, it was found necessary to employ a temporary
assistant Midwife for a short period. Arrangements were
also made with the other midwives practising in the district,
who agreed to attend cases on the books of the Council's
Midwife in the event of the latter being prevented from
attending.