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from one patient to another occurred in the Maternity
Hospital early in 1937, when one patient infected six others
in the same ward.
Other maternity bed accommodation is provided at the
County Hospital, Farnborough, and at the various nursinghomes
in Bromley as indicated on page 34.
The London Hospitals also extend their facilities to
Bromley patients.
Puerperal Fever, Isolation and Treatment.
A standing arrangement with Queen Charlotte's
Maternity Hospital, Isolation Block, Havenscourt Square,
Hammersmith, exists whereby this Hospital accepts from
us all puerperal fever cases requiring treatment or
investigation. Ambulance facilities exist, through the
Ambulance Service of the London County Council, for the
removal of our cases, and seven cases were transferred to
Queen Charlotte's Hospital for treatment in their Isolation
Section, during the year 1937.
The consultant services of the Gynaecological
Specialist are available in cases of doubt, or where the
cause of pyrexia is not of a minor character. During 1937
his services were required on two occasions.
Maternity and Nursing Homes.
Details of these institutions appear in the tabulation
on page 34. These homes are periodically inspected by
the Assistant Medical Officer of Health, and a report on the
administration of nursing homes appears under the paragraph
Public Health Act, 1936, Sec. 187/19.5, Nursing
Homes.
Post-Natal Services.
Health Visitors—Home Visiting.
This year 1 am submitting the following personal
reports of the Health Visitors on their work of health
visiting. I have taken Miss E. B. Crowe's report on Burnt
Ash, Miss E. Connor's report on Bromley Common, and
Miss E. Rhodes' report on Hayes and Keston. These