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Shoreditch 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Nursing in the Home.
The Shoreditch and Bethnal Green District Nursing Association undertakes
home nursing in the Borough and have an agreement with the Borough Council
under which the following types of cases are nursed under medical direction
in consideration of a payment of 1s. 4d. per visit:—(i) cases referred by M.O.H.,
(ii) children under 5 years of age (the cost of these cases being chargeable to the
M. & C. W. Committee), (iii) cases of notifiable diseases.
Subjoined is a list of cases nursed under this agreement during the year 1934:—
| Disease. | Under 5 | Visits. | Disease. | Over 5 | Visits. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abscess of lung | 1 | 26 | Abortion | 2 | 17 |
| Adenoids | 1 | 3 | Ante-natal conditions | 4 | 66 |
| Boils | 1 | 4 | Breast abscess | 3 | 31 |
| Bronchitis | 17 | 244 | Enlarged breasts | 3 | 16 |
| Broncho-pneumonia | 10 | 130 | Influenza and bronchitis | 1 | 17 |
| Cataract of eye | 1 | 25 | Influenza and pleurisy | 1 | 12 |
| Chest | 1 | 15 | Influenza | 7 | 53 |
| Constipation | 1 | 2 | Mammary abscess | 3 | 26 |
| Conjunctivitis | 2 | 13 | Mastitis | 7 | 110 |
| Diarrhœa | 2 | Miscarriage | 5 | 42 | |
| Discharging ear | 7 | 111 | Parturition | 9 | 70 |
| Discharging eyes | 6 | 99 | Pneumonia | 19 | 314 |
| Impetigo | 9 | 130 | Pneumonia and pleurisy | 2 | 20 |
| Intestinal conditions | 2 | 6 | Post-natal phlebitis | 1 | 13 |
| Measles | 21 | 220 | Post-partum condition | 1 | 21 |
| Neo-natal conditions | 6 | 80 | Puerperal phlebitis | 1 | 40 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | 5 | Puerperal pyrexia | 2 | 18 |
| Otorrhœa | 15 | 300 | Tuberculosis | 13 | 145 |
| Ot. media and intestinal | 1 | 4 | |||
| Pemphigus | 2 | 63 | |||
| Pertussis | 3 | 46 | |||
| Pneumonia | 20 | 377 | |||
| Post-operative mastoiditis | 1 | 15 | |||
| Prematurity | 1 | 11 | |||
| Pyrexia | 1 | 4 | |||
| Rheumatism | 2 | 23 | |||
| Scald of head | 1 | 7 | |||
| Scald of leg | 1 | 23 | |||
| Septic face | 1 | 4 | |||
| Septic head | 1 | 49 | |||
| Septic leg | 2 | 38 | |||
| Stomatitis | 2 | 18 | |||
| Swollen glands | 1 | 7 | |||
| Thread worms | 27 | 296 | |||
| Tonsils and adenoids | 34 | 148 | |||
| Totals | 205 | 2553 | Totals | 84 | 1,031 |