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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES.
| Name and Situation of Centre. | Times of Opening. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday. | Tuesday. | Wednesday. | Thursday. | Friday. | |
| Municipal Centres. | |||||
| Southlands, High Street | 9.30 a.m. S.L.2.0 p.m. - | — | 9.30 a.m. s.L. †2.0 p.m. ‡2.30 p.m. | - *1.30 p.m. - | 9.30 a.m.S.L. *10.0 a.m. a.n - |
| do. (Dental Clinic) | — | §10.30 a.m. 2.0 p.m. | 10.30 a.m. 2.0 p.m. | - - | 10.30 a.m. ║2.0 p.m. |
| All Saints' Parish Hall, Prince of Wales Road | — - | *¶10.0 a.m. A.N. *1.30 p.m. | — | 2.0 p.m. - | — - |
| Plough Road Institution | *1.30 p.m. - | — - | — - | *10.0 a.m. A.N. 1.30 p.m. | 1.30 p.m. †2.0 p.m. |
| Chatham Hall, Chatham Road | — | 2.0 p.m. | — | — | *2.0 p.m. |
| Gideon Road, L.C.C. School | — | — | *1.30 p.m. | — | 2.0 p.m. |
| Maternity Hospital, Bolingbroke Grove (out-patient department) | — | *10.0 a.m. P.N. *2.0 p.m. A.N. | *10.0 a.m. A.N. *2.0 p.m. A.N. (Special Clinic) | *10.0 a.m.A.N. - | — - |
| Voluntary Centres. Battersea School for Mothers, 55 Mundella Road | *2.0 p.m. | *2.0 p.m. | — | †2.15 p.m. | — |
| Women's League of Service, Southlands, High St. | †2.30 p.m. - | *¶2.30 p.m. *¶2.30 p.m. A.N. | *2.30 p.m. - | †2.30 p.m. - | — - |
| Chislehurst Mission, St. James's Hall, Ponton Rd. | — | — | — | — | **2.0 p.m. |
* A Medical Officer attends these Sessions. ** A Medical Officer attends alternate weeks, A.N. Ante-natal clinic, P.N. Post-natal clinic, S.L. Artificial Sunlight
treatment clinic. †Mothers only. ‡Protection against diphtheria (Schick clinic). § Children only. ║Tubercular patients only. ¶Session held
fortnightly. Dinners for expectant and nursing mothers are provided daily (Monday to Friday) by the Women's League of Service at their Southlands premises.
A Fathers' Council is held monthly at the premises of the Battersea School for Mothers, 55, Mundella Road (Tuesday, 7.30 p.m.).