[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Carlisle City.

  • Carlisle (England). City Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Carlisle City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IT Professional Nursing in the Home. (a) General. None. (b) Infectious. An annual retaining fee of £20 is paid by the Council to the Carlisle District Nursing Association, on condition that nursing facilities will be made available by them for such cases of puerperal fever, ophthalmia neonatorum, measles, whooping cough, and epidemic diarrhoea, as the Council may require them to attend. In addition, 1 s. per visit is paid on account, of such cases. Midwives. The Corporation do not employ midwives except at the Maternity Hospital, and do not pay any subsidy in respect of any midwife practising in the district. There were 24 midwives in practice in the area at the end of the year. Chemical Work. This work is carried out by Cyril J. H. Stock, E,sq.y B.Sc., F.I.C., &c., of Darlington. The results of his analyses of the various foods, drugs, &c., for the year are shown on pages 22, 88, and 89. Bacteriological Work. 30 samples ol milk'were submitted to the Public Health Laboratory, Manchester, for bacteriological examination, 25 being samples of fresh cows’ milk and 5 of pasteurised cows’ milk. These were all routine samples purchased from milkshops and carts in the City.