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Battersea 1925
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1925
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hospital funds for this service. Women and children, where necessary,
are also referred from the Ante-Natal and Child Welfare to
other Hospitals and Institutions.
Number of cases referred to Hospitals and Institutions from the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics during 1925:—
| Number of cases referred to Hospitals and Institutions from the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics during 1925:— | |
| St. Thomas's Hospital | 22 |
| Victoria Hospital for Children | 160 |
| St. James's Hospital | 2 |
| Belgrave Hospital | 1 |
| Borough Tuberculosis Dispensary | 29 |
| Fulham Babies Hospital | 13 |
| Sunlight Clinic, Humanity House | 8 |
| Children's Hospital, Vincent Square | 1 |
| Royal Eye Hospital | 1 |
| Total | 237 |
The following health services are carried on in the Borough
by the Guardians of the Poor and voluntary bodies:—
St. James's Hospital, Ouseley Road.
St. John's Hospital, St. John's Hill.
Bolingbroke Hospital, Wandsworth Common.
Battersea General Hospital, Battersea Park.
The two first-named are institutions maintained by the Wandsworth
Board of Guardians.
Nursing Facilities.
In connection with the Council's Scheme, Nursing attendance
in their own homes is, by arrangement with the South London
District Nursing Association, provided when required for inhabitants
of the Borough. Very considerable use of this valuable feature of
Maternity and Child Welfare work has been availed of during the
past few years, especially during the prevalence of epidemic disease,
e.g., acute infective diarrhoea, measles, whooping-cough and other
dangerous or disabling diseases of child life.