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Hackney 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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A return is rendered by the Superintendent of the Association,
giving the details of the cases nursed as regards name, age, sex,
address, disease, number of visits made and amount, if any, of
contributions given to the Association by those in charge of the
patients nursed.
Where the patients or their relatives are able to make a contribution
to the Nursing Association, the amount so contributed is
deducted from the amount payable by this Council to the Nursing
Association.
Payments by the Borough Council to the Association during
the year were as follow:—
£ s. d.
Maternity and Child Welfare 158 0 9
General Nursing 358 7 9
Total £516 8 6
The following table shows the number of cases attended and the visits paid by the nurses during the year:—
| No. of Cases Nursed. | No. of Visits Paid. | |
|---|---|---|
| Infantile Diarrhoea | 2 | 42 |
| Maternity Nursing | 101 | 1,510 |
| Measles | 78 | 912 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | 265 |
| Pneumonia | 141 | 2,288 |
| Polio-myelitis | 1 | 63 |
| Tuberculosis | 39 | 2,486 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 65 |
| Other Ailments | 103 | 1,221 |
| Totals | 483 | 8,852 |
MID WIVES.
There are no whole-time mid wives employed by the Council.
The fees of mid wives attending the confinements of necessitous
persons are paid as regards cases approved by the Maternity and
Child Welfare Committee. There are 99 midwives practising in
the Borough.
DISINFECTION.
(a) Rooms Disinfected.— During 1930 there were 3,233 rooms
fumigated in the Borough by the staff of the Public Health Department.
In this total is included disinfections after measles and
whooping cough, in addition to those in connection with the present
notifiable infectious diseases.