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PROFESSIONAL NURSING IN THE HOME.
(а) General.—The District Nursing Association has no branch in
Tottenham. For the purpose of giving nursing care to the sick in their
own homes, the Central Council for District Nursing in London have
made the following arrangements for dealing with Tottenham cases:—
1. The area on the eastern side of the London & North Eastern
Railway line, and extending northwards as far as Lansdowne Road,
undertaken by the Hackney District Nursing Association, 6 and 8, Lower
Clapton Road, E.5. (Telephone, Clissold 929).
2. The area on the western side of the Railway line, and extending
northwards as far as Lordship Lane (excepting St. Ann's Parish), undertaken
by the North London Nursing Association, 413, Holloway Road,
N.7. (Telephone, North 3548).
3. The area extending northwards from Lordship Lane and Lansdowne
Road, undertaken by the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de
Paul, 15, Church Street, Edmonton, N.9. (Telephone, Tottenham 3166).
(b) Infectious Diseases.—Five nurses are engaged by the Local
Authority for the treatment of Scarlet Fever patients in their own homes.
The Local Authority undertake to subsidise the 3 Nursing Associations
mentioned above in respect of treatment given to children suffering
from Pneumonia, Influenza, Measles, Whooping Cough and Ophthalmia
Neonatorum.
(c) Midwives.—The supervision of Midwives is exercised by the
County Council. No subsidy is given to any individual Midwives by the
Local Authority to enable them to carry on their practices in Tottenham;
but necessitous women have the Midwives' fees paid in whole or in part
by the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee after sources of income
have been ascertained, and it appears to the Committee that the circumstances
warrant payment of the Midwives from the public purse.
18 Midwives are registered for practice in the area.
HEALTH WEEK.
It has been the custom during the past 4 years for Health Week to
be observed in the District by the setting of subjects to be written upon
by the schoolchildren. A digest of 5 essays is fixed for each year, and
for the year 1925 the subjects for consideration were:—(a) "How our
food supply is safeguarded"; (b) "How to ensure the purity of drinking
water"; (c) "My teeth"; (d) "Carriage and exercise"; (e) "Some
facts about our clothing." 12,713 essays were written, and 26 prizes