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All cases of measles are visited by the Health Visitors, and
any requiring special nursing attention are referred to the District
Nursing Committee.
With regard to the home-nursing of cases of notifiable infectious
disease, nursing is not provided by arrangement with the District
Nursing Committee or directly by the Sanitary Authority.
3. Midwives.—The supervision of midwives has, since the 1st
October, 1930, been under the control of the Ilford Borough Council.
This matter is dealt with in detail on page 103, Maternity and
Child Welfare Section.
One application has been received from a local midwife for a
subsidy, and this case is under consideration by the Public Health
Committee.
There is one District Midwife on the establishment of the Local
Authority.
There are 12 certified midwives resident and practising in the
district (apart from those at the Maternity Home).
4. National Health Insurance.—There are no important
points in which the work of the Local Authority is related to or is
administered in co-operation with this service.
5. Laboratory Facilities.—The Essex County Council
provides free bacteriological examinations for most specimens at
the Counties' Public Health Laboratories in London; this
laboratory also carries out any chemical investigations required.
Specimens for diagnosis of Venereal Disease are examined at the
London Hospital; for Tuberculosis at the Counties' Public Health
Laboratories.
Examinations of such urgent specimens as diphtheria swabs
are carried out at the Ilford Public Health Offices. The accompanying
table shows that 1,631 specimens have been examined at
the Ilford Laboratory during the past year.