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Battersea 1923
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1923
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Brought forward 144
St. George's Hospital 1
Bolingbroke Hospital 7
Battersea General Hospital 2
St. John's Hospital (Leicester Square) 1
Infants' Hospital (Vincent Square) 1
St. James's Hospital (Balham) 7
Mothercraft Training Centre (Trebovir Road, Earls
Court) 15
Borough Council T.B. Dispensary 11
Total 189
Nursing Facilities.
In connection with the Council's Scheme, by arrangement with
the South London District Nursing Association, free skilled Nursing
attendance in their own homes is available when required for inhabitants
of the Borough. Very valuable results have accrued from
this useful provision, and especially during the prevalence of epidemic
disease, e.g., acute infective diarrhoea, measles, whoopingcough
and other dangerous diseases of child life, the Nursing service
has proved a very effective Public Health preventive measure.
During 1923, the total number of attendances made by the Nurses were as follows:— Nursing Service, 1923.
| Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | |
| Ophthalmia Neon. & | ||||||
| other Eye Aff'ns. | 77 | 2,169 | — | — | 77 | 2,169 |
| Measles | 28 | 247 | 8 | 110 | 33 | 357 |
| Whooping Cough | 17 | 186 | — | — | 17 | 186 |
| Diarrhoea & Vomiting | 6 | 71 | 6 | 71 | ||
| Chicken Pox | 1 | 26 | — | — | 1 | 26 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 56 | 854 | 69 | 1,433 | 125 | 2,287 |
| Influenza | 7 | 91 | 18 | 232 | 25 | 323 |
| Other Diseases | — | — | 2 | 57 | 2 | 57 |
| Totals | 192 | 3,644 | 97 | 1,832 | 289 | 5,476 |
The cost of the Nursing Service, particulars of which are set
out in the above table, was £182 10s. 8d. as compared with
£290 7s. 4d. during 1922.