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8
COUNTY BOROUGH OF EAST HAM
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
For the year 1928.
SUMMARY OF NURSING ARRANGEMENTS, HOSPITAL
AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS AVAILABLE
FOR THE DISTRICT.
Professional Nursing in the Home.
(a) General.—Excellent work is carried out by the Nurses
attached to the branch Home in Katherine Road of the Plaistow
Maternity Charity to which the Local Authority make no grant.
During the year 1928, 39,919 visits were made by the Nurses
to 1,012 cases.
(b) For Infectious diseases, e.g., Measles or treatment of
Scarlet Fever, no provision is made.
Midwives.
No Midwives are subsidised by the Authority, but a large
amount of Midwifery work is undertaken by 36 Nurses of
the Plaistow Maternity Charity, in addition to 10 Midwives who
have private practice in the Borough, and 3 practising in the
North Woolwich area attached to Sir Henry Tate's Home.
Clinics and Treatment Centres.
The Maternity and Child Welfare Department at the "White
House" is under the charge of a Lady Assistant Medical Officer,
who also supervises the work of the Health Visitors. For report
see pages 45-58.
Infant Consultations and Ante-Natal Clinics are conducted
daily. Branch Clinics are also held once per week at Wesleyan