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The Council on the 25th February, 1930, passed a Minute of
the Public Health Committee, recommending that accommodation
at the Isolation Hospital should be provided for cases of Measles,
when necessary for nursing reasons, and that preference should be
given to such cases over mild Scarlet Fever cases that might in
many cases be nursed at home. All cases of Measles are visited by
the Health Visitors, and special enquiries are made as to the necessity
for admission to Hospital.
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 101, Maternity and
Child Welfare Section.
A subsidy of £20, payable in four quarterly instalments of £5
was granted by the Council to a local midwife. Only one payment
of £5 was made as the midwife left the district.
There is one District Midwife on the establishment of the Local
Authority.
There are 13 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.