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Hackney 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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kept at the Town Hall for issue to expectant mothers who arrange
for their confinements to take place in their homes. These outfits
are supplied to the Council at a cost of 5s. 8d. each, and are issued
to applicants at or below cost price, or free of cost to persons who
are unable to make a contribution.
The issue of these outfits was commenced in January, 1932, and
57 had been distributed by the end of the year. Five were sold at
cost price, 27 at a reduced price, and 25 were supplied free of cost.
The sum collected from the sale of outfits was £4 10s. 4d., and the
net cost to the Council was, therefore, £11 12s. 8d.
Home Helps.—No application was received during 1932 for
the assistance of a "home help" under the Maternity and Child
Welfare Scheme.
Nursing Assistance.—A description of the scheme in operation
in the Borough for professional nursing in the homes of sick persons
is set out on page 25 of this Report.

Table: In order to facilitate reference, however, a table is given here to show the extent to which the services of the nurses employed by the Hackney District Nursing Association have been utilised during the past year under the Council's Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme:—

In order to facilitate reference, however, a table is given here to show the extent to which the services of the nurses employed by the Hackney District Nursing Association have been utilised during the past year under the Council's Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme:—

Disease.No. of Cases Nursed.No. of Visits Paid.
Infantile Diarrhoea442
Maternity Nursing39747
Measles1622667
Ophthalmia Neonatorum20388
Pneumonia6128
Whooping Cough8185
Other ailments48543
Totals2874700

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PROVISION OF MILK AND OTHER FOODS TO
NECESSITOUS MOTHERS AND CHILDREN.
In the consideration of applications received under the
Council's scheme for the provision of cow's milk and dried milk
to necessitous mothers and children, free of cost or at a reduced
price, every source of income, including assistance received from the
Local Public Assistance Committee, is taken into account. Health
Visitors' reports are obtained in every case with a view to securing
verification of the statements made on the application forms, and,
in cases in which the applicant is in regular employment, the
employers are communicated with in order to ascertain the accuracy
of the statement of income.