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vide nursing assistance in the case of scarlet fever, diphtheria
or enteric fever.
The Borough Council have entered into an agreement
with all these Nursing Associations whereby nursing assistance,
in necessitous cases, is paid for by the Borough Council
for patients requiring such assistance and suffering from
measles or ophthalmia neonatorum. The rates paid per visit
are as follows: 1/- per visit; two or more cases in one home,
6d. per case, per visit.
Midwives. I am informed by the County Medical Officer
of Health that 37 midwives gave notice during the year of
their intention to practise as midwives in the Borough of
Woolwich.
The Borough Council does not employ, or subsidise, practising
midwives.