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ii. Professional Nursing in the Home.
During the year nursing assistance was available in all parts of the Borough.
Such assistance is provided by four Nursing Associations, as follows:—
Woolwich and Plumstead District Nursing Association:
All Woolwich (except North Woolwich) and Plumstead.
Silvertown and North Woolwich District Nursing Association:
North Woolwich.
Eltham Provident Nursing Association:
All Eltham (except New Eltham).
New Eltham District Nursing Association :
New Eltham.
All these Associations insist that the patient shall be under the care of a medical
practitioner, and, in ordinary circumstances, only nurse non-infectious cases. On
the recommendation of the Medical Officer of Health, however, they provide
nursing assistance for cases of Measles, Whooping Cough, Zymotic Enteritis,
Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Pneumonia, Anterior Poliomyelitis, Puerperal Fever
and Puerperal Pyrexia. For nursing assistance the Borough Council pay, in
necessitous cases, in accordance with the following schedule:—
Disease. Rate of Payment.
Measles Is. per visit for one case;
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 6d. per visit, per case for more
Zymotic Enteritis than one case in the house
Whooping Cough at the same time.
Poliomyelitis
Acute Primary Pneumonia and
Influenzal Pneumonia
Puerperal Fever Is. 3d. per visit.
Puerperal Pyrexia
iii. Midwives.
There are no whole-time midwives employed by the Council. Through the
courtesy of Dr. Menzies, the County Medical Officer of Health, I have been able
to ascertain that 62 midwives gave notice during the year of their intention to
practise in the Borough.