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Convalescent Home Treatment. By arrangement with
the Invalid Children's Aid Association, 14 children received
treatment in Convalescent Homes. A total of 112½ patient
weeks was provided in respect of the following conditions:—
No. of
Treatment in respect of. Weeks.
Debility following Gastro-Enteritis 10
Debility following Tonsillitis 7
Debility following Osteomyelitis 20
Nervous Debility 9
General Debility 6
Debility following Tonsillitis 12
Debility following Bronchitis and
Bronco-Pneumonia 4
Debility following Bronchitis 4
General Debility 8
General Debility 1½
Chronic Debility 6
Rheumatism 8
*Debility following Whooping Cough 4½
*Debility following Tonsillitis 12½
Total No. of Weeks Treatment 112½
* Continued in 1939.
Orthopsedic Treatment. Children suffering from orthopaedic
defects are referred to the Nelson Hospital under the
general arrangement with that Hospital for the treatment of
infants attending the Welfare Centres.
Assistance was given in one case towards the cost of
surgical boots.
Maternity Hospital Treatment. Out of 968 births which
took place during the year, it is known that 550 occurred in
hospitals or private Nursing Homes. This is 102 more than
in the year before.
Under the arrangement with the Nelson Hospital,
Maternity cases may be admitted from the Council's services
to that Institution. Complicated and Puerperal Pyrexia cases
may also be admitted to Queen Charlotte's Hospital.
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