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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The following table shows the number of cases attended and the visits paid by the nurses during the year.
| So. of Cases | No. of Visits | |
|---|---|---|
| Nursed. | Paid. | |
| Infantile Diarrhoea | 6 | 97 |
| Maternity Nursing | 89 | 1,394 |
| Measles | 9 | 80 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum or slight inflammation of eyes | 35 | 669 |
| Pneumonia | 41 | 803 |
| Tuberculosis | 36 | 3,249 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 73 |
| Other Ailments | 349 | 5,248 |
| Totals | 573 | 11,613 |
The services of the trained staff of a District Nursing Association
are of the greatest value in any district, and in a Borough
such as Hackney, where the population is almost entirely working
class in character, these services are indispensable. The figures
given above relate only to cases of infectious illness and maternity
and infant nursing in respect of which the Council is authorised to
make nursing arrangements and, therefore, represent only a proportion
of the services given by the Hackney District Nursing
Association during the year. The figures serve merely as an
indication of the inestimable value of the Association to the
inhabitants of the Borough. The Superintendent and her staff are
at all times anxious to co-operate with the Public Health Department
in the effort to safeguard and improve the health of the public.
An instance of this willing co-operation was provided in connection
with the Council's Health Exhibition in 1937 at which the
Association provided an interesting and instructive exhibit.
CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES.
| Name and Situation. | Nature of Accommodation. | By whom provided. |
|---|---|---|
| (a) Child Welfare Centres. | ||
| Grove Mission, Brooksby's Walk | One clinic weekly (Doctor) | Borough Council. |
| Hampden Chapel, Lauriston Road | One clinic weekly (Doctor) | Borough Council. |
| 28, Lower Clapton Road | Two clinics weekly (Doctor) | Borough Council. |
| 136, Richmond Road | Two clinics weekly for infants (Doctor) One clinic weekly for Toddlers (Doctor) | Borough Council. |