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Dr. A. Maud Swanson, Medical Officer in charge of the Clinic,
reports :—
Ante-natal Work.—The sessions continue to be held fortnightly.
The average attendance at each session has been 8.5 and the total
number 195.
20 mothers were confined at the Borough Maternity Hospital.
1 „ was ,, by the Borough Midwife.
10 „ were „ by Private Midwives.
6 ,, „ ,, at St. James's Hospital.
2 „ „ „ at other Hospitals.
5 ,, ,, „ by the Albert Bridge Road Nurses.
Infant Welfare Work.—Five cases referred to hospital:—1 for
special splints at Victoria Hospital for Children ; 2 for circumcision
at Victoria Hospital for Children; 1 for pneumonia at St.
James's Hospital; 1 for digestive trouble at Evelina Hospital.
Nine cases have had sunlight treatment under the Borough.
The results have been excellent.
We sent 16 mothers and 17 children for a free holiday during
the summer. Two children remained away several months through
the aid of the C.O.S.
The District Nurses did good work in visiting the children in
their own homes for special dressings and discharging ears.
Dinners for Toddlers (from 1-5 years).—The children have
derived great benefit from these dinners and the numbers attending
have increased.
Dinners for Mothers.—These are very beneficial in helping
mothers to continue breast feeding.
The Samaritan Fund, supported by voluntary contributions,
has been largely drawn upon during the year.
BATTERSEA SCHOOL FOR MOTHERS.
The Ante-natal work at this Centre is transferred to the
Ante-Natal Clinic at the Borough Maternity Hospital, all cases
being referred to the central clinic there for examination and
report.
The Mundella Road Centre of the Battersea School for Mothers,
which has been in operation since 1918, serves a very large, populous
working-class area in the Nine Elms District, which is one of the
two important areas served by the Voluntary Associations linked
up with the Council's scheme.