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General Provision of Health Services.
PROFESSIONAL NURSING IN THE HOME.
A. General.
The East Ham District Nursing Association—affiliated to the
Queen's Institute—provides trained nurses to attend the sick in
their homes. This voluntary association has rendered excellent
service for many years and under the National Health Service Act,
1946, it is proposed to continue the arrangements on an agency
basis.
Social Welfare cases are visited by Nurse Kelley.
B. Infectious Disease.
A part of one block of Harts Sanatorium is still used for
infectious cases and the nursing and domestic staff are accommodated
at Oakleigh, Sunset Avenue, Woodford Green. Although
within reasonable distance, the provision of transport for the staff
between Hospital and Home has been greatly appreciated.
C. Midwives.
In addition to the Council midwives mothers are attended by
the sister midwives and nurses from Plaistow Maternity Hospital
and those attached to the Burges Road Home. The midwives from
the Sir Henry Tate Home attend mothers in the North
Woolwich area.
MIDWIVES ACTS, 1902 to 1936.
The number of midwives who notified their intention to
practise in East Ham during 1947 was 42. Of this number 23
worked in connection with the Maternity Hospital and District
Nurses' Home, Plaistow, and its branches—2 at Sir Henry Tate
Nurses' Home, Silvertown—8 at East Ham Memorial Hospital—
and 9 practised independently, including 8 Municipal Midwives.
Plaistow Maternity Hospital and District Nurses Home.
Summary of cases, 1947:—
Midwifery 385 Monthly 221 Hospital 146
Laboratory Facilities.
The majority of specimens are sent for examination to the
East Ham Memorial Hospital. Advantage has also been taken of