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HOME NURSING.
(a) Number of Nurses employed at the end of the year
(otherwise than for purposes of the Midwives Act,1936
for the nursing of expectant mothers and children
under five years of age, maternity nursing, or the
nursing of puerperal pyrexis
(i) by the Council - Nil
(ii) by Voluntary
Associations - Nil.
(b) Total number of cases attended during the year by these
nurses. - Nil.
MATERNITY ACCOMMODATION.
As set out in my 1938 Report, the accommodation for
women whose homes are unsuitable for their confinements and
require in-patient treatment is Forest Gate Hospital, Maternity
and District Nurses Home, Plaistow, and Queen Mary's Hospital,
Stratford.
During 1939, 163 cases were admitted to Forest Gate
Hospital.
INSPECTION OF MIDWIVES.
Visits of inspection, as necessary, were paid during
the year and the midwives work, including records, was satisfactory.
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