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Carshalton 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Section B—Health Services.
Nursing in the Home.
Home nursing is provided by two Voluntary Associations, to
whose funds the Council make an annual contribution in respect of
nursing facilities for cases referred from the public services.
The Carshalton District Nursing Association covers the greater
part of the urban district, i.e., all but that portion of the St. Helier
Estate lying to the north of the Sutton by-pass. The nursing staff
consists of seven, three of whom are midwives included in the County
Council's domiciliary midwifery scheme. The following information
in respect of the work of this Association during 1945 is supplied by
courtesy of the Honorary Secretary : —
Cases Attended. Visits Made.
Expectant Mothers 2 7
Children under 5 years 63 275
Maternity Cases 42 726
Midwives Cases 81 1,531
Puerperal Pyrexia 2 10
General 488 7,119
678 9,668
That portion of the St. Helier Estate in Carshalton lying to the
north of the Sutton by-pass is served by the St. Helier District
Nursing Association, whose activities cover the Morden section of
the St. Helier Estate. One nurse is employed for general nursing
and no midwifery is undertaken. The nursing carried out
in the Carshalton district by this Association during the year is
indicated by the following figures kindly supplied by the Honorary
Secretary:—
Cases. Visits.
Children under 5 years 1 37
General 29 410
30 447
The nurses of both Associations attend the Council's Clinics.
Laboratory Facilities.
The arrangements in operation during the year were as follows:—
Clinical material in connection with infectious disease,
puerperal pyrexia and tuberculosis were submitted for examination
to the Emergency Public Health Laboratories established at
the St. Helier County and Sutton and Cheam Hospitals.
Food and Drugs and Water samples were examined by Mr.
E. Hinks, the Council's Public Analyst, whose Laboratory is
at 16, Southwark Street, London, S.E.I.
Milk samples were sent to the Public Analyst, and for
bacteriological examination to the Epsom E.P.H. Laboratory.
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