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17 mothers were confined at the Borough Maternity Home.
2 „ „ „ at St. James's Hospital.
3 „ „ „ at St. George's Hospital.
3 „ „ „ at St. Thomas's Hospital.
2 ,, ,, ,, at the General Lying-in Hospital.
20 „ „ „ by the Borough Midwife.
19 „ „ ,, by Private Midwives.
6 „ „ ,, by Private Doctors.
One case was referred for treatment to the Chelsea Women's
Hospital.
Infant Welfare Work.—The average attendance at each session
was 30-38, and the total number 2,188.
Eleven cases were referred to hospitals (Victoria Hospital for
Children, Belgrave Children's Hospital, and St. James's Hospital)
for treatment of special conditions which included tonsils and
adenoids, circumcision, bronchitis and malnutrition.
Several were sent to the Battersea Borough Department for
treatment by artificial sunlight and massage, with very good
results.
Several mothers and children were referred to the Dental
Department for treatment.
Many of the children attended the Schick Clinic.
Holidays.—Fifteen mothers and 13 babies were sent for convalescence
to Wargrave and to Tankerton.
Two children were sent to the country for three months for
change of air.
Battersea School for Mothers.
The Ante-natal work at this Centre is transferred to the
Ante-Natal Clinic at the Borough Maternity Hospital, all cases
being referred to the central clinic there for examination and
report.
The Mundella Road Centre of the Battersea School for Mothers,
which has been in operation since 1918, serves a very large, populous
working-class area in the Nine Elms District, which is one of the
two important areas served by the Voluntary Associations linked
up with the Council's scheme.
Dr. E. M. Saxton, Medical Officer in charge of the Clinic, reports
as follows:—