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Battersea 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Cottage Home, Herne Bay. The cost incurred by the Council
amounted to £60 18s. 0d., the mothers and a voluntary association
contributing the balance of approximately £46. Through other
charitable organisations 15 mothers and 16 children from the
Council's Centres were sent for country and seaside holidays for
a period of one or two weeks, in each case.
Nursing Facilities.
During 1928 the total number of attendances made by the
District Nursing Service in connection with the Council's Scheme
was:—
Nursing Service, 1928.
| Name of Disease. | Age. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 years. | Over 5 years. | |||||
| Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | |
| Ophthalmia Neon. & other Eye Affns. | 110 | 2,576 | - | - | 110 | 2,576 |
| Measles | 67 | 746 | 16 | 179 | 83 | 925 |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 86 | 3 | 42 | 10 | 128 |
| Diarrhœa & Vomiting | 9 | 57 | — | — | 9 | 57 |
| Chicken Pox | 1 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 24 |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 2 | 23 | - | - | 2 | 23 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | - | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 42 | 724 | 53 | 792 | 95 | 1,516 |
| Influenza | 1 | 16 | 17 | 148 | 18 | 164 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 15 | 3 | 45 | 4 | 60 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Totals | 240 | 4,249 | 94 | 1,228 | 334 | 5,477 |
The cost of the-Nursing Service in 1928 was £182 11s. 4d. as
compared with £220 11s. 4d., 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.