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In connection with nursing of general medical and surgical
cases, other than those specifically provided for maternity and child
welfare purposes, the number of home-visits made by the two District
Nursing Associations' nurses respectively were as under:—
Barnes District Nursing Association, 6,136 home-visits (58 being to cases of
pneumonia and 27 to cases of influenza).
Mortlake District Nursing Association, 15,650 home-visits.
(B) Barnes and Mortlake Day Nursery.
During the year the Council made a contribution of £357 towards
the expenses of the Barnes and Mortlake Day Nursery in accordance
with the Scheme made, for the provision of Maternity and Child
Welfare Services, under Sec. 101 of the Local Government Act.
In accordance with the Council's Scheme the provision of this
service is made for children for whom adequate care cannot be
provided in their own homes by reason of the unavoidable absence
of the mothers at work, or other cause which necessarily prevents
adequate care being provided at home; if the accommodation available
cannot be filled with children whose mothers go out to work any
vacancies should go to children requiring care and supervision owing
to unsatisfactory home conditions.
The accommodation at the Day Nursery is for 26 children under
five years of age.
The number of attendances made by children during 1939 were
as follows:—Whole-day attendances 2,746; half-day attendances 606.
Following the outbreak of war the Day Nursery was closed for a few
weeks.
The arrangements in force for the prevention of spread of
infectious disease, including the exclusion of patients and contacts as
occasion required, were continued during 1939. The following
exclusions were made:—6 children were excluded suffering from
whooping-cough, and 1 child as a suspected case of that disease; 1
child suffering from mumps, and 1 as a contact; and 1 child suffering
from chicken-pox.
(6) OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
There was no case of this disease notified in 1939.