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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.
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Statement showing expenditure for the year ended 31st March, 1930, in respect of the Maternity Hospital.
| Item. | Total. | Per Patient Week. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | ||||
| Salaries | Medical | 428 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Cursing | 638 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
| Domestic and other | 522 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| Provisions | 883 | 0 | 15 | 7 | |
| Drugs and other Medical Requisites | 219 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |
| Heating and Lighting | 521 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| Laundry | 410 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |
| Repairs and renewals | Domestic | 275 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Structural | 1,154 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Miscellaneous items— Telephones, Water, Stationery, etc., and Sundries | 234 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| Special closi expenditure re temporary ng of Hospital, Feb., 1930* | 228 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Totals, excluding rent, rates, taxes, insurance and loan charges | 5,512 | 4 | 17 | 5 | |
| Rent, Rates and Insurance | 79 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Loan Charges | 1,384 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Gross cost | £6,975 | £6 | 3 | 3 | |
| Income | Pupil Midwives (including training grant) | 260 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Patients' Payments | 2,762 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Other | 31 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Net cost | £3,922 | £3 | 9 | 3 | |
* Fees to other Hospitals for patients, grants, &c., to Pupil Midwives,
Nurses and Maids for board and lodging.
District Midwifery Service.
During 1929 there were 124 cases attended in their own homes
by the District Midwife as compared with 137 in the previous year, a
decrease of 13 cases.
Particulars relating to this Service during the year are set out
below:—
Total number of cases attended in the district 124
Average number of visits to each case ... ... ... 18
Number of cases delivered by :—
(a) Midwife 120
(b) Doctors (including 1 privately engaged) ... 4