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Health Visitors.
The personnel of the Health Visiting Staff, which consisted of
Superintendent Health Visitor and 14 Health Visitors, is set out on
Page 3.
Facilities were granted by the Council to students of recognised
training bodies for practical instruction and training as health visitors
and women sanitary inspectors. Four students from the Hygiene
department, Battersea Polytechnic, received a course of training under
the Council's Maternity and Child Welfare scheme, and, on completion
of their training, certificates as to their work were supplied to the
Polytechnic authorities.

Hospital Provision.
The Council made provision for the needs of children requiring
special hospital treatment by arrangement with the Victoria Hospital
for Children, Chelsea, and the St. Thomas's Babies' Hostel. The
Council made a grant to these Hospitals in respect of the facilities
afforded. Women and children were referred where necessary from
the ante-natal and child welfare centres to appropriate institutions,
children being usually sent to one of the above-named hospitals.
The Council's health visiting staff also visited and reported on
the home conditions of Battersea women and children receiving
treatment in the obstetric, gynaecological and other departments of the
various hospitals.
392 cases were referred to hospitals, etc., from the various
centres.
Dental Clinic.
Following the destruction of the Dental Clinic by enemy action,
arrangements were made with the London County Council for dental
treatment to be carried out at St. James' Hospital, this service commencing
in March, 1941.
113 mothers and 55 children were referred to the Clinic, and of
these 30 mothers and 37 children had attended.