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The County Medical Officer has given the information that
there were 14 midwives resident in the Borough engaged in
private practice, in addition to 10 midwives employed by the
Wembley and Kingsbury District Nursing Associations.
The number of Nursing Homes in the Borough was 7, providing
in all 38 beds, 29 of which were maternity beds.
HEALTH VISITORS.
One additional Health Visitor was appointed during the year.
As has been explained in previous reports the various
duties of the Health Visitors are now fully co.ordinated, and
endeavour has been made to increase the opportunity for home
visiting. With the rapid development of the clinic services,
however, this has been difficult, but with the recent appointment
of two additional Health Visitors (May, 1939), it is anticipated
more domiciliary visitation will now be possible. Much good
work is done in a quiet way by the health visitors discussing
domestic health problems—patient health education being the
constant endeavour and it must be pointed out that there are a
number of ways in which domiciliary visitation cannot be replaced
by attendance at a clinic.
The number of home visits paid during the year by the
Health Visitors were :
To expectant Mothers:—
First Visits 955
Total Visits 2,448
To Children under 1 year of age:—
First Visits 1,931
Total Visits 6,295
To Children between 1 and 5 years of age:—
Total Visits 6,935
Special Visits:—
Ophthalmia Neonatorum and other eye
conditions 19
Puerperal Fever 16
Puerperal Pyrexia
Measles 96
Whooping Cough 74
Diarrhoea 10
General (unclassified) 287
PUERPERAL PYREXIA.
Puerperal Pyrexia means" any febrile condition occurring
in a woman within 21 days after child birth or miscarriage in
which a temperature of 100.4 degrees F., or more, has been
sustained during a period of 24 hours, or has recurred during
that period."
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