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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1927
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1927
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Statement showing expenditure for the year ended 31st March, 1928, in respect of the Maternity Hospital.
| Item. | Total. | Per Patient Week. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | s. | d. | ||
| Salaries | Medical | 322 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Nursing | 598 | 0 | 9 | 11 | |
| Domestic and other | 513 | 0 | 8 | 6 | |
| Provisions | 1,251 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Drugs and other Medical Requisites | 301 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Heating and Lighting | 519 | 0 | 8 | 7 | |
| Laundry | 402 | 0 | 6 | 8 | |
| Repairs and renewals | Domestic | 544 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Structural | 362 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Taxes and Insurance | 82 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Loan Charges | 1,316 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| Miscellaneous | 259 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Gross cost | £6,469 | £5 | 7 | 5 | |
| Income | Pupil Midwives | 300 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Patients' Payments | 2,532 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Other | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Net cost | £3,617 | £3 | 0 | 1 | |
District Midwifery Service.
During 1927 there were 157 cases attended in their own homes
by the District Midwife as compared with 152 in the previous year, an
increase of 5 cases.
Particulars relating to this Service during the year are set out
below:—
| Total number of cases attended in the district | 157 |
| Average number of visits to each case | 18 |
| Number of cases delivered by:— | |
| (a) Midwife | 155 |
| (b) Doctors | 2 |
Number of cases where medical assistance was called for, with
reasons for requiring assistanc:—
| Nil. |