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ii. Professional Nursing in the Home.
The arrangements for providing nursing assistance in the home were set out
fully in my annual report for 1930. No change has taken place in the constitution of
the various Associations or of the areas in which they work. They are all under
agreement with the Council to provide nursing assistance at the cost of the Council
for cases of measles, whooping cough, zymotic enteritis, ophthalmia neonatorum,
pneumonia, anterior poliomyelitis, puerperal fever, puerperal pyrexia and tuberculosis.
The rates of payment vary from 6d. to 1s. 3d. per visit.
iii. Midwives.
There are no whole-time midwives employed by the Council. By the courtesy
of the County Medical Officer of Health, I have been able to ascertain that 59
midwives gave notice during the year of their intention to practise in the Borough.
iv. Laboratory Facilities.
The bacteriological work of the Council rendered necessary by investigations
into infectious diseases and food poisoning is carried out at the War Memorial
Hospital. The bacteriological examination of milk samples is carried out partly at
the Woolwich War Memorial Hospital and partly at the Clinical Research Laboratory.
A minimum of 500 samples are purchased annually in accordance with the
provisions of the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, and the various Regulations
and Orders in which are laid down the standards for food. They are submitted
for chemical analysis to the Public Analyst. During the year the work was carried
out at the Royal Institute of Public Health.
v. Adoptive Acts, By-Laws and Regulations Relating to Public Health in
Force in the District.
Adoptive Acts.— The Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts, 1899-1923, have been
adopted by the Council. During the year, the Borough Treasurer tells me, the Council
made 252 advances to purchasers of houses in accordance with the provisions of these
Acts.
By-laws and Regulations.— A complete list of the various by-laws and regulations
in force in the Borough was given in the Annual Report for 1930.
New Legislation.— The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1932,
contains provisions dealing with:—
(a) Registration of premises for sale, etc., of Ice Cream and Preserved Food.