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Battersea 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Maternity Hospital, 1928-1929.
Total beds, 30; total cases, 626; percentage of beds occupied
80.26 per cent.
Statement showing expenditure for the year ended 31st March, 1929, in respect of the Maternity Hospital.
| Item. | Total. | Per Patient Week. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Salaries | Medical | 602 | 0 | 9 | 7 | |
| Nursing | 602 | 0 | 9 | 7 | ||
| Domestic and other | 513 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Provisions | 1,279 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Drugs and other Medical Requisites | 330 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Heating and Lighting | 606 | 0 | 9 | 8 | ||
| Laundry | 457 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Repairs and renewals | Domestic | 347 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
| Structural | 347 | 0 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Taxes and Insurance | 78 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Loan Charges | 1,288 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Miscellaneous | 298 | 0 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Gross cost | £6,747 | £5 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Income | Pupil Midwives | 249 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Patients' Payments | 3,001 | 2 | 7 | 11 | ||
| Other | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Net cost | £3,477 | £2 | 15 | 6 | ||
District Midwifery Service.
During 1928 there were 137 cases attended in their own homes
by the District Midwife as compared with 157 in the previous year, a
decrease of 20 cases.
Particulars relating to this Service during the year are set out below:—
| Total number of cases attended in the district | 137 |
| Average number of visits to each case | 18 |
| Number of cases delivered by:— | |
| 132 | |
| 5 | |
Number of cases where medical assistance was called for, with
reasons for requiring assistance:—
(a) Ante-Natal—Nil.