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Deptford 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The following is a summary of the cases visited on behalf of the Borough Council by members of the District Nursing Associations:—
| Condition. | Children under 5 years | Others | Total cases nursed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Visits | Cases | Visits | ||
| Measles | 24 | 446 | 8 | 119 | 32 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 255 | 11 | ||
| Pneumonia | 17 | 419 | 1 | 42 | 18 |
| Thread Worms | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Conjunctivitis | 2 | 48 | 2 | ||
| Diarrhoea | 4 | 13 | 4 | ||
| Chicken-pox | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Whooping | |||||
| cough | 3 | 40 | 3 | ||
| Otorrhoea | 2 | 58 | 2 | ||
| Bronchitis | 5 | 67 | 5 | ||
| Maternity Case | 2 | 29 | 2 | ||
| 71 | 1361 | 11 | 190 | 82 | |
Mid wives.
The Borough Council is not the supervising authority under the
Midwives Acts. From a return provided by the County Council, the
number of midwives practising in the Borough is estimated at twenty.
No subsidy was paid to midwives during the year under report, but
the Council decided to include in the financial estimates for the year
1935/36 a sum of £15 for the provision of midwives, in necessitous
cases, either to act as midwives or, where a doctor is in attendance, to
act as maternity nurses.
Laboratory Facilities.
See "Food" and "Infectious Diseases."
HOSPITALS.
Infectious Diseases.
Under the provisions of the Local Government Act, 1929, hospital
accommodation for the isolation and treatment of infectious diseases,
including small-pox, is organised and maintained by the London County
Council for the County of London as a whole.