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SECTION B—HEALTH SERVICES.
Nursing in the Home. In September 1937 the Morden
Nursing Association ceased to be a separate body, and its
activities were merged with those of the Wimbledon District
Nursing Association. The number of Associations serving
the district at the end of the year was thereby reduced to
three.
The Council makes an annual contribution to these
Associations, in retui'n for which home nursing facilities are
provided for cases referred from the public health services.
(1) The Merton Parish Nurse Fund employs one nurse
for general nursing, excluding midwifery, and its service
covers approximately the ecclesiastical Parish of St. Mary's,
Merton Park.
The number of cases attended during the year was 250,
of which 49 were children under 5 years. Visits made
totalled 1,964.
(2) The St. Helier District Nursing Association employs
one nurse for general nursing only. No midwifery is undertaken.
Its activities cover that part of the St. Helier Estate
situate in this district, and the smaller part of the Estate
situate in Carshalton but lying to the north of the SuttonMitcham
Road.
The number of cases undertaken in Merton and Morden
during the year was 138, of which 24 were children under
5 years of age. Total visits made was 1,992, 214 of these being
to children under 5 years.
(3) The Wimbledon & District Nursing Association has
its headquarters in Wimbledon, but in addition to the
Borough of Wimbledon it provides nursing facilities, both
general and midwifery, in the western part of this district.
The staff' of the Association consists of 3 midwives and 8
general nurses. For duty in Merton and Morden two general
nurses are employed, whilst midwifery and maternity nursing
is carried on from the central home.
The following was the work done in the Merton and
Morden district during the year:—
Cases undertaken—
(a) Children under 5 years 34
(b) Maternity (with a doctor) 16
(c) Midwifery (without a doctor) 56
(d) Total of all descriptions 289
Visits made 4,654
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