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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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By arrangement with the London County Council the treatment
of minor ailments found in children attending the centres
may be carried out at the school clinics of the County Council, of
which there are three serving Battersea.
The Council's health visiting staff also visit and report on the
home conditions of Battersea women and children receiving treatment
in the obstetric, gynaecological and other departments of the
various hospitals.
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. | Other. | Total. | ||
| Battersea General | 9 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Belgrave | 4 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Bolingbroke | 13 | — | — | — |
| Charing Cross | — | 12 | — | 12 |
| General Lying-in | — | 293 | — | 293 |
| Guy's | 1 | — | — | — |
| Hammersmith (L.C.C.) | — | 14 | — | 14 |
| King's College | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| Lambeth, Brook St. (L.C.C.) | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Middlesex | 3 | 6 | — | 6 |
| Royal Waterloo | 1 | — | — | — |
| St. George's | 2 | 64 | 3 | 67 |
| St. James's (L.C.C.) | 56 | 1,093 | — | 1,093 |
| St. Luke's (L.C.C.) | 1 | — | — | — |
| St. Mary Abbotts (L.C.C.) | — | 21 | — | 21 |
| St. Mary's, Paddington | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| St. Stephen's (L.C.C.) | — | 103 | — | 103 |
| St. Thomas's | 73 | 222 | 77 | 299 |
| St. Thomas's, Babies | 263 | — | — | — |
| South London, for Women | 17 | 7 | — | 7 |
| Victoria, Chelsea . | 645 | — | 150 | 150 |
| Vincent Square | 11 | — | 10 | 10 |
| Westminster | 5 | 21 | — | 21 |
| Westminster Ophthalmic | 1 | — | — | — |
| Women's, Chelsea | 1 | — | — | — |
| Battersea Tuberculosis Dispensary | 8 | — | — | — |
| Wandsworth Dispensary | 1 | — | — | — |
| Other Societies | 4 | — | 8 | 8 |
| Totals | 1,119 | 1,862 | 250 | 2,112 |