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Battersea 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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The Association receives a grant of £513 per annum, under
the Scheme referred to on page 26.
The extent of the work carried out at this Centre may be
seen in the table on page 29.
In addition to the Ante-Natal work carried out under the
Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme of the Council a considerable
amount of visiting and reporting of cases is done by the Council's
Health Visiting Staff for the Obstetric and Gynaecological Departments
of the larger Hospitals in connection with Battersea patients
attending these institutions.
The following is a summarised statement showing the Hospitals and the visiting and reporting work carried out for them during 1930.
| Ante-natal and postnatal. | Other. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Thomas' Hospital | 262 | 159 | 421 |
| Charing Cross Hospital | 5 | — | 5 |
| General Lying-in Hospital | 243 | — | 243 |
| King's College Hospital | 7 | — | 7 |
| St. George's Hospital | 51 | — | 51 |
| Westminster Hospital | 39 | — | 39 |
| Victoria Hospital, Chelsea | — | 77 | 77 |
| St. James's Hospital | — | 39 | 39 |
| Bolingbroke Hospital | — | 2 | 2 |
| Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital | 2 | — | 2 |
| Queen Charlotte's Hospital | 3 | — | 3 |
| 612 | 889 |
Ante-Natal (V.D.) Clinic.
This special treatment clinic was established in connection with
the Ante-Natal Out Patient Department at the Borough Maternity
Hospital late in 1921. The Clinic is fully equipped with the necessary
requisites for diagnosis and treatment, and is under the
direction and supervision of a Specialist Consultant, Mr. Corsi,
F.R.C.S. The work carried out during 1930 is summarised in the
table on page 42.
Mr. Corsi reports :—
In 1930 the number of new patients upon whom a Wasserman
test was made was 704. Five proved positive ; four received antenatal
treatment; one was transferred elsewhere. A number of
other patients were examined, but treatment in these cases (mostly
of vaginal discharge) was considered unnecessary.