[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough].

  • Hampstead (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1946?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5 Hampstead and North St. Pancras Day Nursery. This Nursery, to which the Borough Council pays a grant of £200 per annum, was still evacuated at the end of 1945, to Silchester, near Reading. Maternity Homes and Hospitals. New End Hospital was closed to maternity patients during the first 8 months of 1945, owing to the condition of the premises. During that time, Hampstead patients were admitted either to Paddington L.C.C. Hospital or to St. Mary, Islington, L.C.C. Hospital. The Maternity Ward in New End Hospital reopened in September. In addition, 146 Hampstead mothers were evacuated for confinement under the Government Evacuation Scheme, and 34 were admitted to Queen Charlotte's Hospital. Nursing in the Home. The number of home visits paid by the two District Nursing Associa tions in accordance with the Borough Council Scheme was :— Hampstead District Nursing Association 1,947 Kilburn and West Hampstead Nursing Association 2,552 Home Helps. There have been 53 cases in which Home Helps have been provided during confinement cases under the scheme of the Hampstead Borough Council. Convalescent Homes. No applications were received for mothers and babies to be admitted to Convalescent Homes under the Borough Council Scheme. Consulting Obstetricians. During 1945 no call was made on the services of a Consultant under the Borough Council Scheme. Supply of Milk and Food. Under the Borough Council Scheme 70 packets of Proprietary Brands of Dried Milk were issued free to 1 infant during 1945. Supply of Vitamins, etc. By arrangement with the local Ministry of Food Office, fruit juices, etc., have been distributed at the Welfare Centres and Ante-natal Clinics. Priority Utility Sheet Dockets for Expectant Mothers. Board of Trade Priority Utility Sheet Dockets are issued by this Department to expectant mothers, on receipt of a signed certificate from a midwife stating that the patients are in need of sheets for home confinement. A maximum of 3 Dockets can be issued to each expectant mother. During 1945, 77 applications were received and 209 Dockets issued.