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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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The following table presents a summary of the number of cases referred to hospitals and other institutions from the various clinics, and also the number of visits paid by the Council's Health Visitors on the request of the hospitals:—
| Hospital or Institution. | Cases referred from clinics. | Visits paid for Hospital. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ante- and post-natal visits. | Other. | Total. | ||
| Battersea General | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bolingbroke | 9 | — | — | — |
| Charing Cross | — | 7 | — | 7 |
| Clapham Maternity | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Elizabeth Garrett Anderson | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| General Lying-in | — | 265 | 2 | 267 |
| Gt. Ormond St., children's | 1 | — | — | — |
| Kings College | — | 6 | — | 6 |
| L.C.C. general hospitals | 16 | 459 | 3 | 462 |
| Maudesley | 3 | — | — | — |
| Middlesex | 39 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Queen Charlotte's | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Royal Eye | 1 | — | — | — |
| Royal Free | 1 | 2 | — | 2 |
| St. George's | — | 58 | 4 | 62 |
| St. Thomas's | 15 | 220 | 120 | 340 |
| St. Thomas's, Babies | 232 | — | — | — |
| South London, for Women | 32 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Victoria, Chelsea | 331 | — | 130 | 130 |
| Vincent Square | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Westminster | 2 | 28 | — | 28 |
| Battersea Tuberculosis Dispensary | 7 | — | — | — |
| Other Societies | — | —. | 7 | 7 |
| Totals | 692 | 1,052 | 269 | 1,321 |
Milk for Necessitous Persons.
Under the provisions of the Maternity and Child Welfare
Act, 1918, milk both fresh and dried is provided by the Council
for necessitous expectant and nursing mothers and children under
5 years' of age. The following table gives particulars for the past
ten years of the number of persons supplied, quantities distributed
and cost after deducting payments made by those able in part
to contribute:—