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Battersea 1924

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1924

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London County Council—reimbursement of cost of
railway fare and funeral expenses, 1; housing
accommodation, 1; deferred payments of
instalments for purchase of house, 1 3
National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to
Children 1
Battersea Charity Trustees Educational grant 1
Southern Railway Company—grant for former
employee, 1; transfer to country post, 1 2
British Legion Officers' Association—financial assistance,
1; home for child, 1 2
Other Agencies 2
Training and Employment.
Former Employers or suitable agencies 9
Local Employment Exchange and Chief Area Officer
re discharged ex-service men 9
British Legion—grant for tools 1
The contributions of patients who were sent away for appropriate
Institutional treatment collected by the Dispensary, and
remitted to the London County Council, amounted to £382 18s. l0d.
Tuberculosis Dental Clinic.
Total attendances 227
Sessions held 46
Average attendance per session 5
Extractions, 71; scalings, 8; fillings, 19; dentures,
10; repairs to dentures, 1; dressings, 28;
advice, 62 (average 4.3) 199
NON-DISPENSARY CASES.
In addition to the work carried out by the Staff of the Tuberculosis
Dispensary, 1,421 visits to houses in which cases of Tuberculosis
were notified, were made during 1924 by the Sanitary
Inspectors to males and, in the case of women and children, by a
Health Visitor.
Women and Children.
Women and children notified to be suffering from Tuberculosis
and not attending the Dispensary are systematically visited by a
Health Visitor. During 1924 the number of new cases notified
was 129. Of these after correction and adjustment of the figures