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Bromley 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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for professional district nursing in the homes of those who
are unable to provide their own nursing facilities. There
are three State certified midwives on the staff of the
Association who undertake midwifery and maternity work.
The fee for midwifery and maternity cases is £2 2s. 0d,
except in necessitous cases. The general nursing takes
the form of visits, and not of residential nursing. No fee
is charged for general nursing. Cases of notifiable
infectious disease are not undertaken, with the exception
of complicated cases of measles.
Summary for the year 1935.
Cases on the Register, January, 1935 23
New cases during the year 502
Visits Paid.
General nursing 4738
Ante-natal visits 1545
Maternity and midwifery 3555
Casual visits 926
Analysis of New Cases.
Medical 142
Surgical 142
Maternity (with Doctor) 67
Midwifery 148
Abortions 3
Cases sent in by:
Doctors 235
Visitors and others 3
Applied 204
Result of Cases Nursed.
Convalescent 420
Sent to Hospital, Infirmary or transferred
Died
Still on register 24
Nursing Staff.
(i) General Nurses 2
(ii) Midwives 3