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II. GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
IN THE AREA.
1. Public Health Officers of the Authority.—The names
and qualifications of officers employed by your Authority are given
at the beginning of the Report and also in the Maternity and Child
Welfare Section. All are whole-time officers unless otherwise
stated.
2. Nursing in the Home.
(a) General.—The Walthamstow District Nursing Association
took over the Nursing Home and the Staff formerly provided by
the Essex County Nursing Association. The work done in 1931 is
reviewed in the Maternity and Child Welfare Section of the Report.
As a rule the Nurses do not attend cases of infectious disease.
(b) Infectious Diseases.—No home nursing is provided by your
Council, but a whole-time Infectious Disease Nurse supervises all
home-nursed cases of notifiable infectious disease and the School
Nurses visit all cases of non-notifiable infectious diseases of school
age.
3. Midwives.—On taking over the administration of the
Midwives Acts from the County Council on 1st April, 1931, there
were 17 trained and qualified midwives practising in the area.
During the year three further qualified midwives gave notice of
intention to practice. The work involved under the Midwives Acts
is detailed in the Maternity and Child Welfare Section.
4. Public Assistance.—Out-relief and institutional treatment
is provided by the Essex County Council. Mr. Pegram, Clerk to
the Essex County Council South-West Area Guardians Committee,
kindly states that the amount of relief provided in Walthamstow
during the year ended 31st December, 1931, was £28,796 Is. 4d.
The average weekly number in receipt of relief was—Men, 450;
Women, 837; Children, 700; Total. 1,987.
5. Laboratory Facilities.—These facilities are detailed under
the Infectious Diseases Section of the Report.
6. Legislation in Force (additional).
(a) The Walthamstow (Chicken Pox) Regulations, 1931, dated
2nd November, 1931, and made by the Ministry of Health, were
brought into force on that date.
The effect of the Regulations was to continue to make Chicken
Pox a notifiable disease, except those cases under 10 years of age who
had been vaccinated.