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Battersea 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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(live and still). The maternal mortality rate for deaths occurring
in the Hospital, i.e. the rate per 1,000 births (live and still) is therefore
1.32 compared with 2.79 for the whole Borough during the same
period.
In the District Midwifery Service, also inaugurated in 1921,
only 2 maternal deaths had been recorded in 2,156 births to the end
of 1935, the rate per 1,000 births (live and still) being 0.93.
Cost of Maternity Hospital.
I am indebted to the courtesy of the Borough Treasurer for
the following statement of the cost of the Hospital during the financial
year ended 31st March, 1936:—
Maternity Hospital, 1935—6.
Total beds (excluding cots, labour and isolation beds), 30;
total cases admitted and discharged during year, 459; average
number of beds occupied during the year, excluding cots, labour
and isolation beds, 16.9; number of weeks spent in Institution
bv such patients. 923.
A statement* showing expenditure for the year ended 31st March, 1936, in respect of the Maternity Hospital is given below.
| Item. | Total. | Per Patient-Week. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salaries | £ | £ | s. | d. | |
| Medical | 371 | 0 | 7 | 9 | |
| Nursing | 718 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| Domestic and other | 696 | 0 | 14 | 7 | |
| Superannuation (Council's contribution) | 78 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| Provisions | 668 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Drugs and other medical requisites | 124 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| Fuel, lighting and water | 357 | 0 | 7 | 6 | |
| Laundry | 267 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
| Repairs and renewals | Domestic | 263 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Structural | 678 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |
| Miscellaneous items— | |||||
| Telephones, stationery, etc., and sundries | 117 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Totals, excluding rates, insurance and loan charges | 4,337 | 4 | 11 | 0 | |
| Rates and insurance | 76 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Loan charges | 1,047 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Gross cost | 5,460 | 5 | 14 | 7 | |
| Income | Pupil Midwives (including training grant) | 340 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Patients' payments | 2,040 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Other | 36 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Net cost | 3 044 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
* This statement does not take into account the Government Grant.