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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1927
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1927
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Nursing Facilities.
During 1927 the total number of attendances made by the District Nursing Service in connection with the Council's Scheme was:-
Nursing Service, 1927.
| Name of Disease. | Age. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 years. | Over 5 years. | |||||
| Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | |
| Ophthalmia Neon. & other Eye Aff'ns. | 118 | 2,829 | - | - | 118 | 2,829 |
| Measles | - | - | 4 | 19 | 4 | 19 |
| Whooping Cough | 16 | 181 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 185 |
| Diarrhœa & Vomiting | 5 | 21 | - | - | 5 | 21 |
| Chicken Pox | - | - | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 2 | 38 | - | - | 2 | 38 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Pneumonia | 53 | 985 | 88 | 1,885 | 141 | 2,870 |
| Influenza | 13 | 147 | 34 | 401 | 47 | 548 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | 5 | 65 | 5 | 65 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | 2 | 24 | 2 | 24 |
| Totals | 207 | 4,201 | 137 | 2,416 | 344 | 6,617 |
The cost of the Nursing Service in 1927 was £220 l1s. 4d. as
compared with £227 16s. 0d., in the previous year.
Health Visitors.
The Health Visiting Staff consists of 9 full time Health Visitors.
two of whom are partly employed as Women Sanitary Inspectors.
Facilities are granted by the Council to students of recognised
Training Bodies for practical instruction and training as Health
Visitors. During the year a number of students from the Hygiene
Department, Battersea Polytechnic, Bedford College and the
College of Nursing received a course of training under the Council's
Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme. By arrangement with the
Authorities of Bedford College for the practical training of their
students under the Council's Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme,
the services of one of the permanent Health Visitors, Miss O.
Baggallay, were largely utilised for this purpose. To maintain the
establishment staff, Miss M. McEwan was appointed as temporary
Health Visitor for a period of one year, the expenditure incurred
bv the Council being borne by Bedford College.
The work carried out during 1927 by the Council's Health
Visitors and those of the voluntary organisations included in the
Borough Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme is summarised in
the following table :—