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Venereal Diseases.—As regards Venereal Diseases, information should be given in the report
vn the lines of (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of the paragraph relating to Tuberculosis. Information should
also be given as to the facilities available for irrigation of cases of gonorrhoea during the intervals between
the clinics, the need for further facilities of this character, and the extent to which any facilities provided
for disinfection have been utilised by persons who have been exposed to the risk of infection. Particulars
should be given of the number of medical practitioners in the area who are qualified to receive free supplies
•of salvarsan substitutes, and of the number of cases for whose treatment these substitutes have been supplied
to practitioners by the Council. Information should also be given as to the extent to which practitioners
have availed themselves of the facilities for pathological examinations provided by the Council. The
Ministry would also be glad if the Medical Officer of Health would report on any action taken in the district
under the Venereal Disease Act, 1917, and the result.
The above work is under the Middlesex County Council.
Smallpox.—A statement of the number of (a) Primary vaccinations and (b) re-vaccinations performed
by the Medical Officer of Health under the Public Health (Smallpox Prevention) Regulations,
1917, should also be included in the annual report.
Other diseases which have received special attention during the year should be referred to, e.g.,
locally contracted Anthrax or Rabies.
Vaccination.—No primary vaccinations or revaccinations were performed by the Medical
Officer of Health under the above regulations.
No case of Anthrax or Rabies was notified to the Medical Officer of Health.
5. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
(1) Information on the inspection of midwives and the other activities of the supervising authority
under the Midwives Acts, 1902 and 1918.
This work is in the hands of the Middlesex County Council.
(2) Information on the general arrangements made for attending to the health of expectant and
nursing mothers and children under five years of age, including the work of Health Visitors, midwives
and nurses, consultation and treatment centres, and maternity homes and hospitals and other institutions
for the reception of expectant and nursing mothers and young children as in-patients. Special reference
should be made to investigations of stillbirths and infant deaths, methods of dealing with unmarried mothers
and illegitimate children and with children permanently or temporarily deprived of a home with their own
parents. The work of voluntary societies in the district in connection with maternity and child welfare
and the place occupied by each in the local authority's scheme should be briefly described, as also the coordination
of all the work under this sub-section with the school medical service.
There are two Municipal Clinics in Willesden
No. 1. 9, Willesden Lane.
No. 2. 381, High Road, Willesden Green.
For the care and treatment of expectant and nursing mothers and children up to 14 years of age. The
staff employed at each Clinic includes 2 medical officers, 1 "dentist, for whom a medical officer acts
as anesthetist on certain days of the week, 1 matron, 5 Clinic nurses, 1 dental visiting nurse, 8 Health
Visitors, 1 cleansing room nurse, 6 clerks, with an addition at No. 1 Clinic of 1 Assistant matron and
4 home nurses and 1 nursery room nurse.
Each Clinic is equipped for dealing with all conditions arising in the mother and child suitable
for out-patient treatment. The general arrangements made for attending to the health of mothers and
children under 5 years are as follows:—
1. The home visitation of mothers and children by a staff of 18 Health Visitors, who are
fully trained nurses holding the C.M.B. certificate, and Health Visitors or Sanitary
Inspectors' certificate.
2. Four home nurses visit homes twice daily in the following conditions
Acute Primary Pneumonia.
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.
Measles and its complications.
Epidemic Diarrhoea.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Any other conditions as the occasion demands.
Whooping Cough and its complications.