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Hospital Provision.
In addition to the provision of Midwifery Services, Hospital
and District, the Council have provided facilities for the needs of
children requiring special Hospital treatment by arrangement with
the Victoria Children's Hospital, Chelsea, and the Fulham Babies'
Hospital (chronic debility and wasting diseases). The Council
contribute an annual sum in the case of the former, and a per
capita payment to the latter Institution in respect of these facilities.
Women and children where necessary are referred from the AnteNatal
and Child Welfare Centres to other appropriate Institutions.
Number of cases referred to Hospitals and Institutions from
the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics during 1926 :—
St. Thomas's Hospital 53
Victoria Hospital—Chelsea 254
St. James's Hospital 11
Bolingbroke Hospital 4
Borough Tuberculosis Dispensary 23
Fulham Babies' Hospital 10
St. Thomas's Cornwall Babies' Hostel 98
Humanity House 2
Nursing Facilities.
During 1926 the total number of attendances made by the
District Nursing Service in connection with the Council's Scheme
was:—
Nursing Service, 1926.
Name of Disease.
Age.
Total.
Under
5 years.
Over
5 years.
Cases.
Visits.
Cases.
Visits.
Cases.
Visits.
Ophthalmia Neon. &
other Eye Aff'ns.
122
2,993
—
—
122
2,993
Measles
88
817
22
232
110
1,049
Whooping Cough
11
154
2
40
13
194
Diarrhœa & Vomiting
22
107
—
—
22
107
Chicken Pox
2
24
2
21
4
45
Pemphigus
neonatorum
—
—
—
—
—
—
Puerperal Fever
—
—
—
—
—
—
Pneumonia
55
982
67
1,161
122
2,143
Influenza
4
39
18
185
22
224
Other Diseases
—
—
3
79
3
79
Totals
304
5,116
114
1,718
418
6,834