[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Hastings County Borough.

  • Hastings (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1921
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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Hastings County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum notified during the Year 1921. Cases. Vision Un- impaired. Vision Impaired. Total Blindness. Deaths. Notified. Treated. At Home. In Hospital. 7 6 1 7 Nil Nil Nil PROFESSIONAL NURSING IN THE HOME. A. General.—The Hastings and St. Leonards District Nursing Association employs a staff of nurses who visit, where required, the sick poor. This nursing is not provided by the local Authority. In addition to these, in three Parishes a nurse is provided in connection with the Parish Church. B. For Infectious Diseases, e.g.y Measles, etc.—The local Authority subsidises the District Nursing Association, paying a retaining fee and a small fee for each visit paid. MIDWIVES. The Corporation does not employ any practising midwives or grant them any subsidy. The number of Midwives practising in the District during the year was 12 of whom 9 belonged to the Hastings and St. Leonards District Nursing Association. The remaining three practised independently and with one exception hold the necessary certificates. The only uncertificated Midwife has an extensive practice which she carries out satisfactorily. CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES. Infant Welfare Centres. Four Infant Welfare Centres have been established in the Borough by the Hastings and St. Leonards Service of Help for Motherhood and Infancy. Each of these Centres is open on one afternoon in each week and at every session one or other of the Health Visitors appointed by the Council is in attendance.