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to give them all assistance within their power, and asked them to
communicate with the Superintendent whenever such assistance was
required.
Increasing use is also being made of the Health Visitors' services
by many of the local and London Hospitals when information
is required regarding the patients who are, or have been, attending
those Hospitals.
(vii) Care of Premature Infants
To a certain extent the special draught-proof cots were again in
use, but all parts of the area are within easy access of Oldchurch
Hospital, where a special unit for treatment is in operation.
(viii) Inspection of Nursing Homes
The same four Nursing Homes are on the register. These were
inspected on four occasions throughout the year, on behalf of the
County Council, when conditions were found to be satisfactory at
each.
(ix) Domestic Helps
The demand on this service was maintained, and all requests
for assistance were dealt with promptly. During the year 167 Parttime
Helps were employed, and during the course of the year, those
Helps attended 692 individual cases.
As before, several volunteered for duties in households where
there were cases of Tuberculosis. These Helps are specially selected,
and have to undergo a medical examination before acceptance. They
are provided with protective clothing and given special instructions
on the precautionary measures which they must adopt.
Many of the requests for assistance are received from family
practitioners who appreciate what we can offer, and who are at
all times willing to give us information regarding the subsequent
progress of their patients.
(x) Day Nurseries
After the introduction of the increased charges, which took
effect in January, there was a considerable diminution in the attendances,
and whereas before this date we were maintaining a waiting
list for the three nurseries of between 200-300, after this date the
waiting list quickly dropped to "nil".
The average attendances for the year at each Nursery were as
follows:—

The "St. Moritz" Nursery and the Collier Row Nursery are
each scheduled to take forty children and the Rush Green Nursery
fifty children,