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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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PROFESSIONAL NURSING IN THE HOME.
The following table shows the number of cases attended and the visits paid by the nurses of the Hackney District Nursing Association on the Council's behalf during the year.
| No. of Cases Nursed. | No. of Visits Paid. | |
|---|---|---|
| Maternity Nursing | 36 | 422 |
| Measles | 3 | 8 |
| Do. (children under 5 years of age) | 4 | 42 |
| Pneumonia | 25 | 463 |
| Do. (children under 5 years of age) | 14 | 178 |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum or slight inflammation of eyes | 32 | 407 |
| Tuberculosis | 18 | 694 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 9 |
| Do. (children under 5 years of age) | 3 | 17 |
| Other Ailments | 12 | 93 |
| Do. (children under 5 years of age) | 75 | 885 |
| Totals | 223 | 3,218 |
ORTHOPAEDIC, RHEUMATISM AND X-RAY CLINIC.
Details are given in the following table of the patients treated during 1942 at the British Red Cross Society's Clinic at No. 92, Dalston Lane:—
| Totals. | Hackney Residents. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children | Adults. | |||
| 0-4 years. | 5-13 years. | |||
| Number of Patients admitted | 523 | 37 | 19 | 467 |
| Number of Attendances | 4,341 | 200 | 102 | 4,039 |
| Number of Treatments given | 7,933 | 297 | 167 | 7,469 |
| Number of Radiographs taken | 38 | 11 | — | 27 |