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1924, stating "At present the powers of Local Authorities do not extend
to the general nursing of the sick, and the Ministry.s grant is only
available in respect of nursing to the extent indicated in paragraph
19 of the Circular of the 9th August, 1918, (M. & C. W. 4) with the
addition of nursing for cases of poliomyelitis. The Minister is of
opinion that £150 per annum would represent a reasonable maximum
expenditure by the Council for such nursing as they may provide
under the Maternity and Child Welfare Regulations, and he sanctions
an expenditure not exceeding that sum by the Council for the
purpose."
The conditions in which nursing assistance may be granted are
specified in Circulars M. & C. W. 4 and 11, so that this help may be
given to severe cases of
Measles but not German Measles, Chickenpox, &c.
Whooping Cough „ Acute Bronchitis, &c.
Epidemic Diarrhoea „ Acute Gastritis, &c.
Poliomyelitis „ Any other Paralytic conditions.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum „ Diseases of Ear or Throat, &c.
Under the Pneumonia Regulations help can be given to acute
primary pneumonia, but other forms of pneumonia must not be
assisted. Respiratory diseases, one of the most frequent sources of
death and crippling, are practically excluded from the scope of
Maternity and Child Welfare work unless associated with Measles
or Whooping.cough.
The Borough can supply a midwife and a nurse to a confinement
case, but if the infant is injured at the confinement no assistance
must be given on behalf of the Maternity and Child Welfare
Committee.
A child may receive treatment at a Centre for thread.worms, for
instance, but the nurse must not attend at the home to supplement
the medicinal treatment advised by the doctor.