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Stepney 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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11.—Day Nurseries.
(a) Number of day nurseries:—
(i) provided by the Council nil
(ii) provided by Voluntary Associations 5
(b) Number of places for children under 5 years of age in the nurseries:—
(i) provided by the Council nil
(ii) provided by Voluntary Associations 198
(c) Total number of attendances of children at these nurseries during the
year, 33,257.
12. —Infectious Diseases.
| Disease. | Number of cases notified during the year, | Number of cases visited by officers of the Council. | Number of cases for whom home nursing was provided by the Council. | Number of cases removed to hospitals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Ophthalmia Neonatorum | *12 | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| (2) Pemphigus Neonatorum | Not notifiable | - | - | - |
| (3) Puerperal fever | 2 | 2 | - | 2 |
| (4) Puerperal pyrexia | 36 | 36 | — | 34 |
| (5) Measles and German measles (in children under 5 years of age) | 1383 | 2682 | 116 | 242 |
| (6) Whooping Cough (do.) | Not notifiable | — | — | — |
| (7) Epidemic Diarrhœa (do.) | Not notifiable | — | — | — |
| (8) Poliomyelitis (do.) | Nil. | — | - | — |
*Number of cases in which vision was unimpaired 11, impaired —, or lost —
„ „ „ the patient died 1, removed from district —, or was
still under treatment at the end of the year ... —
,, ,, any other category ... —.
13.—Home Nursing.
(a) Number of nurses employed at the end of the year for the nursing of
expectant mothers and children under 5 years of age, maternity
nursing, or the nursing of puerperal fever :—
(i) by the Council ... ... 2 (part time maternity nurses)
(ii) by Voluntary Associations 2 (whole time ditto )
(b) Total number of cases attended during the year by these nurses, 640.
14.—Consultants.
Number of cases in which the services of a consultant
have been provided during the year for a private medical
practitioner under the Council's maternity arrangements ... 1