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Battersea 1924
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1924
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Maternity Hospital, 1924-1925.
Total beds, 30; total cases, 412; percentage of beds occupied 53 per cent.
| Item. | Total. | Per Patient Week. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Salaries | Medical | 146 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Nursing | 501 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
| Domestic and other | 475 | 0 | 11 | 7 | ||
| Provisions | 895 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Drugs and other Medical Requisites | 281 | 0 | 6 | 10 | ||
| Heating, Lighting and Cleaning | 346 | 0 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Laundry | 400 | 0 | 9 | 8 | ||
| Repairs and Renewals | Domestic | 253 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| Structural | 464 | 0 | 11 | 3 | ||
| Rates, Taxes and Insurance | 159 | 0 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Loan Charges | 1,424 | 1 | 14 | 7 | ||
| Miscellaneous | 177 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Gross cost | £5,521 | £6 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Income | Pupil Midwives | 176 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| Inmates' Payments | 1,572 | 1 | 18 | 2 | ||
| Other | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Net cost | £3,768 | £4 | 11 | 5 | ||
It will be noted that there is a satisfactory decrease in the
cost per patient per week as compared with the previous year.
The decrease would probably have been greater but for an increase
in the item structural and domestic repairs, the chief item in which
was the re-painting of the wards.
District Midwifery Service.
The District Midwifery Service for the attendance on maternity
cases in their own homes, inaugurated at the close of 1921, continued
to make progress during 1924. The service is directed from
the Maternity Hospital, but accommodation has been provided
for the District Midwife and her pupil at the Town Hall, which is
very centrally situated for all parts of the borough. The Midwife's
rooms are connected with the Maternity Hospital by telephone,
and persons requiring her services at night can telephone to her
from the Police Stations.
Particulars relating to this service during 1924 are set out
below:—
Total number of cases attended on the district 152
Number of cases delivered by—
(a) Midwife 144
(b) Doctors 8