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enable local authorities to provide nursing assistance where
this was necessary, and, when one remembers that pneumonia
is the fourth highest cause of death in this Country
at the present time, any measure which assists its cure and
treatment is of the greatest importance.
Nursing Provision. I am informed by the Secretaries of
the various voluntary Nursing Associations in the Borough
that the following number of cases of pneumonia were nursed
during the year:—
Woolwich and Plumstead Nursing Association 77
Eltham District Nursing Association 5
Silvertown and North Woolwich Nursing
Association 4
St. Luke's Parish Nursing Association 1
87
On the assumption that one death is equivalent to three
cases of pneumonia, 60 cases were treated in hospitals. It
is known that 50 notified cases were so treated.
The following Table No. 39 shews the number of notifications
of pneumonia received each month, classified according
to type and to the sex incidence. It also shews the
number of deaths occurring from all forms of pneumonia
during the year.