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There is no attempt to search out and supply nursing assistance
to all cases who may be greatly in need of this help.
I have already given for previous years the figures showing
the smallness of the number of cases that can be visited or nursed
under present arrangements at the instance of the Maternity and
Child Welfare Committee.
No additional work can, I am informed, be undertaken by
the present staff of the King's Home who number, including
the Superintendent, 12 in all. It is now recognised that the
present staff of this Institution are fully extended, and additional
work on behalf of the Borough Council would require the appointment
of additional staff. This Institution, in addition to the
assistance they render to the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee,
supply the London County Council, who have also, of
course, a staff of whole-time nurses for the school medical service,
with 2 part-time Clinic nurses, for which the Institution receives
the sum of £360 per annum.
An increased contribution of £400 would permit of an
additional 6,400 visits, or of help being given at the Treatment
Centre for a proportional period of time as regards visits not
paid. This would require an additional sum of £200 to be met
out of the rates.
Age Period 1—5 years.
The duties of the Health Visitors extend to every branch of
the Committee's activities, thus applicants for milk assistance
or Maternity and Child Welfare assistance may be interviewed
at the Town Hall or at their homes, cases of infectious disease
visited to see whether a nurse is required, or to insist on treatment
and inspect the results of treatment as in Ophthalmia
Neonatorum. In addition there are the Centre duties, arranging
for Convalescent Aid or Home Helps, etc.