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Battersea 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES (at 31st December, 1934.)
| Name and Situation of Centre. | Times ofOpening. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday. | Tuesday. | Wednesday. | Thursday. | Friday. | |
| Municipal— | |||||
| Southlands, High Street (Central Clinic) | 9.30 a.m. s.l. | - | 9.30 a.m. s.l. | - | *10.0 a.m. a.n. |
| 2.0 p.m. | — | §2.30 p.m. | *1.30 p.m. | 1.30 p.m. s.l. | |
| do. (Dental Clinic) | - | ‡10.30 a.m. | 10.30 a.m. | - | 10.30 a.m. |
| 2.0 p.m. | 2.0 p.m. | — | |||
| All Saints' Parish Hall. Prince of Wales Road | - | *10.0 a.m. a.n. | - | - | - |
| — | *1.30 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. | — | — | *1.30 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. (Special Clinic) | — | — | |
| Voluntary— | |||||
| Battersea School for Mothers, 55 Mundella Road | *2.0 p.m. | *2.0 p.m. | — | †2.15 p.m. m.c. | — |
| †3.30 p.m. h.t. | |||||
| Women's League of Service, Southlands, High St. | †2.30 p.m. m.c. | *¶2.30 p.m. | *2.30 p.m. | †2.30 p.m. m.c. | †2.30 p.m. m.c. |
| — | *¶12.30 p.m. a n. | — | — | — | |
| Chislehurst Mission, St. James's Hall, Ponton Rd. | — | — | — | — | **2.0 p.m. |
a.n. Ante-natal clinic. p.n. Post-natal clinic. s.l. Artificial sunlight clinic. h.t. Health talk. m.c. Mothercraft class.
* A Medical Officer attends. † Mothers only. § Protection against diphtheria (Schick test clinic).
** A Medical Officer attends alternate weeks. ‡ Children only. ¶ Session held fortnightly.
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.