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Battersea 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Nursing Facilities.
In connection with the Council's Scheme, by arrangement with
the South London District Nursing Association, free skilled Nursing
attendance in their own homes is available for inhabitants of the
Borough. Very valuable results have accrued from this useful
provision, and especially during the prevalence of epidemic disease,
e.g., acute infective diarrhœa, measles, whooping-cough and other
dangerous diseases of child life, the Nursing service is a most
necessary Public Health measure.
During 1922, the total number of attendances made by the
Nurses were as follows:—
Nursing Service, 1922.
| Age. | Under 5 years. | Over 5 years. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | |
| Ophthalmia Neon. & other Eye Aff'ns. | 112 | 2,743 | - | - | 112 | 2,743 |
| Measles | 94 | 1,091 | 17 | 165 | 1,256 | |
| Whooping Cough | 10 | 125 | 1 | 12 | 137 | |
| Diarrhoea & Vomiting | 9 | 65 | — | — | 9 | 65 |
| Chicken Pox | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 31 | |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | 1 | 23 | 1 | 23 |
| Pneumonia | 161 | 2,033 | 99 | 1,457 | 260 | 3,490 |
| Influenza | 10 | 97 | 805 | 78 | 902 | |
| Other Diseases | — | — | 3 | 64 | 3 | 64 |
| Totals | 397 | 6,169 | 190 | 2,542 | 587 | 8,711 |
The cost of the Nursing Service, particulars of which are set
out in the above table, was £290 7s. 4d.
Health Visitors.
The work carried out during 1922 by the Council's Health
Visiting Staff, and by the Health Visitors of the voluntary organisations
included in the Borough Maternity and Child Welfare scheme,
will be found summarised below:—