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Fourteen beds are reserved for Fulham children,
and the Battersea Borough Council also send patients
for which a payment of £1 per week per case is made.
The work of the Hospital is linked up with that of
the Child Welfare Scheme, and Dr. Hardy (Assistant
Medical Officer of Health) is in medical charge. In
February, 1926, a mercury vapour lamp for artificial
light treatment was installed in the Hospital through
the generosity of Mrs. W. L. Leslie and an anonymous
donor, and good results are being obtained in the
treatment of malnutrition, wasting and rickets.
Some weeks before Christmas a waiting-room and
bath-room were added to the Hospital, and the kitchen
was enlarged, and the re-building necessitated the
closing of the small ward and reduced the number of
admissions during the year.
It is interesting to note that during the year 62
children were recommended by the Medical Officers
of the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics, 45 by the
Fulham doctors, and 9 by the Battersea Borough
Council.
The following is a summary of the work done
during the year.
In hospital, January 1st, 1926 17
Number of babies admitted during the year 116
Average duration of stay (days) 39
Number of cases discharged :—
(a) In good health 58
(b) Improvement 29
(c) No improvement 18
(d) On account of the development of
infectious disease 5
Viz. :—
Measles 3
Epidemic Diarrhoea 2
Number of deaths 15
Number of babies in Hospital, 31st December,
1926 13