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Professional Nursing in the Home.
There is no municipal staff for professional nursiing
in the homes. There are, however, several voluntary Associations
employing- a large staff of efficient nurses who carry out
invaluable work in nursing necessitous cases in their homes. As
mentioned elsewhere, the co-operation between these Societies
and the Local Authority is of the closest possible nature, both in
respect to home nursing and health visiting. The Forest Gate
section of this Borough is supplied with home-nurses bv the
Essex County Nursing Association from their branch in Beechcroft
Road, Leytonstone. The Silvertovvn area is similarly supplied
through the Tate Nurses (Queen's Nurses), Nurses' Home,
Saville Road, Silvertovvn, By far the largest amount of nursingin
the homes, however, is Carried out by the Plaistow Maternity
Charity, who serve all local areas.
HEALTH WEEK.
The Council, in conjunction with the West Ham Insurance
Committee, duly observed Health Week from the 2nd to 8th
October, 1927.
Civic services were held in most of the large places of worship
on Sunday, October 2nd, and the Council's thanks for the
valuable assistance rendered by the Clergy, Teachers, The Press
and other organisations in their endeavours to support the Council's
work in the interest of the health of the inhabitants have been
placed on record.
The Exhibition at the Public Hall, Barking Road, ("inning
Town, was open throughout the Week from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.,
and proved very attractive. It is estimated that at least 7,'vO
pe.sons visittti the Exhibition.
The exhibits were split up into six sections, viz. : Food
Control, Maternity and Child Welfare, Public Health, School
Medical Service, Tuberculosis, and an Enquiry Bureau where
information could be obtained on all matters appertaining- to
National Health Insurance Benefits.
In order to avoid the Exhibition savouring of a semi-conirnercial
affair, no trade exhibits were permitted, the object being
to orevent tiadc rivalry and detraction of public attention from
the mere vital subjects which formed the true purpose for which
the Exhibition was held.
Pamphlets containing useful information were circulated,
and advice given by the Council's Officers to endeavour to generally
awaken people from their indifference on the vital subject
of Health; to teach them to take an interest in, and to adopt precautions
which so often make all the difference between health and
illness.
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