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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
21
280
3
46
24
Ophthalmia
Neonatorum
7
259
7
Pneumonia
6
84
2
50
8
Thread Worms
1
19
1
Conjunctivitis
3
44
3
Diarrhoea
1
5
1
Ear trouble
2
69
2
Whooping
cough
2
28
1
6
3
Neck Abscess
1
11
1
Circumscission
1
10
1
Maternity Cases
5
53
5
Bronchitis
7
87
7
52
896
11
155
63
A considerable amount of work is undertaken by the Nursing Sisters
of St. John the Divine and the following figures have been supplied to
me as indicating the scope of some of their activities:—
General District Nursing
Patients 196 Visits 5,262
Surgery
Patients 428 Attendances 3,776
Midwives.
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-two. The Council decided to include in the financial estimates
for the year 1936 37 a sum of £\5 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. During the year under report
the midwife's fee was paid in five instances.