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32 Maternity and Child Welfare.
INFLUENZA.
Influenza was again prevalent in this District in 1922, and was
of a severe type in a large proportion of cases. The serious complications
were in the main pulmonary.
A stock of influenza vaccine was kept at the Health Department
available for Medical Practitioners wishing to use it.
Deaths of Barnes residents from influenza numbered 15, representing
a death-rate of 0.44 per 1000 of population, the death-rate
of 0.57 for London and 0 54 for England and Wales.
POOR LAW MEDICAL RELIEF.
The following is a summary regarding Poor Law Relief for
persons in this District during the year 1922:—
(1) The number of orders issued for Medical
Attendance 177
(2) The number of orders issued for
sion to the Workhouse and Infirmary 143
(3) The number of deaths which have
occurred amongst Barnes and Mortlake
residents in the Poor Law
Institution 52
4. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The Notification of Births Act, 1907, was adopted in Barnes
in 1913.
In 1917 an arrangement between the Barnes Urban District
Council and the Surrey County Council was made, whereby the
Surrey County Council became the Authority responsible for the
Maternity and Child Welfare work within the Urban District, and
the various services and arrangements for attending to the health
of mothers and young children under the Maternity and Child
Welfare Act are made by the County Council as a part of the
County Scheme.
In practice, part of the services, namely, the Maternity and
Child Welfare Clinics and the Home Visiting, are undertaken by