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Bromley 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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5.—SUMMARY (FOR REFERENCE) OF THE
NURSING ARRANGEMENTS, HOSPITALS AND
OTHER INSTITUTIONS AVAILABLE FOR THE
DISTRICT.
Professional Nursing in the Home.
(a) General.—The Bromley District Nursing Association
employs a staff of 3 nurses who undertake general and
maternity nursing.
One of the nurses engages in general work; two of the
nurses undertake midwifery and maternity nursing, and
one of them, being trained in general nursing, undertakes
a limited amount of general nursing work.
Charges.—The charges made for general work are in
accordance with ability to pay, and are entirely remitted in
the cases of necessitous persons.
Midwifery fees range from 25/- to 35/-, and maternity
nursing fees from 15/- to 25/-.
The work accomplished during 1923 was as follows
Midwifery cases 63
Maternity cases nursed49
General cases 154
In connection with the above, the following visits were
paid:—
General 3,028
Ante-Natal 242
Midwifery and Maternity 2,124
In St. Luke's and Holy Trinity parishes, separate
nursing arrangements exist. In (each of these parishes
there is a nurse, and the work undertaken is set out in the
following statement:—