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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES.
| Name and Situation of Centre. | Times of Opening. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday. | Tuesday. | Wednesday. | Thursday. | Friday. | |
| Municipal | |||||
| Southlands, High Street | 9.30 a.m. s.l. | - | 9.30 a.m. s.l. | _ | *10.0 a.m. a.n. |
| 2.0 p.m. | — | — | *1.30 p.m. | 1.30 p.m. s.L. | |
| — | — | §2.30 p.m. | — | — | |
| do. (Dental Clinic) | _ | ‡10.30 a.m. | 10.30 a.m. | — | 10.30 a.m. |
| - | 2.0 p.m. | 2.0 p.m. | — | ||2.0 p.m. | |
| All Saints' Parish Hall, Prince of Wales Road | - | *¶10.0 a m. a.n. | - | 2.0 p.m. | _ |
| — | *1.30 p.m. | — | — | — | |
| Plough Road Institution | *1.30 p.m. | _ | _ | *10.0 a.m. a.n. | 1,30 p.m. |
| — | — | — | 1.30 p.m. | †2.0 p.m. | |
| Chatham Hall, Chatham Road | — | 2.0 p.m. | — | — | *2.0 p.m. |
| Gideon Road, L.C.C. School | — | — | *1.30 p.m. | — | 2.0 p.m. |
| Maternity Hospital, Bolingbroke Grove (out-patient department) | - | *10.0 a.m. p.n. | *10.0 a.m. a.n. | *10.0 a.m. a.n. | _ |
| — | *2.0 p.m. a.n. | *2.0 p.m. a.n. | — | — | |
| Voluntary— | (Special Clinic) | ||||
| Battersea School for Mothers, 55 Mundella Road | *2.0 p.m. | *2.0 p.m. | — | †2.15 p.m. | - |
| Women's League of Service, Southlands, High St. | †2.30 p.m. | *¶2.30 p.m. | *2.30 p.m. | †2.30 p.m. | †2.30 p.m. |
| - | *¶2.30 p.m. a.n. | - | - | — | |
| Chislehurst Mission, St. James's Hall, Ponton Rd. | — | — | — | — | **2.0 p.m. |
a.n. Ante-natal clinic. p.m. Post-natal clinic. s.l. Artificial sunlight clinic.
* A Medical Officer attends † Mothers only. § Protection against diphtheria (Schick test clinic).
** A Medical Officcr attends alternate weeks. * Children only. ¶Session held fortnightly. II Tubercular patients.
Dinners for expectant and nursing mothers are provided daily (Monday to Friday) by the Women's League of Service at their Southlands premises.
A Fathers' Council is held monthly at the premises of the Battersea School for Mothers, 55, Mundella Road, S.W. 8.