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Hendon 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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General Provision of Health Services
in the Area.
SUMMARY OF NURSINC ARRANGEMENTS, ETC.
PROFESSIONAL NURSING IN THE HOME.
(A)—General.
The provisions for home nursing remain as in previous years excepting
that a new association, viz.:—The Golders Green District Nursing Association
has been established. This brings the total number of District Nursing
Associations up to 8.
(B)—For Infectious Diseases.
No provision is made.
MIDWIVES.
The Hendon Borough Council employs a Midwife whose work lies
mostly in West Hendon. The fee charged for attendance on a confinement
case is £1 10s. 0d.
The following are the particulars of the work of the Council's Midwife during the year:—
| Number of Confinements attended | 91 |
| Number of Ante-natal visits | 386 |
| Number of ordinary working visits | 1432 |
| Number of late visits(i.e., visits paid after the normal period of 10 days) | 203 |
The total number of Midwives registered for practice in the district and
resident in the district during the year was 30.
LABORATORY FACILITIES.
No changes have been made in the arrangements described in my last
Annual Report. Table XXL shows the use made of these facilities by medical
practitioners in the area.