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Battersea 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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The following table presents a summary of the number of
cases referred to hospitals and other institutions from the various
clinics, and also the number of visits paid by the Council's Health
Visitors on the request of the hospitals :—
Hospital or Institution.
Cases
referred
from
clinics.
Visits paid for Hospital.
Ante- and
post-natal
visits.
Other.
Total.
Battersea General
6
1
1
Belgrave
1
—
—
—
Bolingbroke
4
—
—
—
Charing Cross
—
23
—
23
General Lying-in
—
259
—
259
Gt. Ormond St., children's
—
—
1
1
Hammersmith (L.C.C.)
—
3
—
3
King's College
—
7
—
7
Lambeth, Brook St. (L.C.C.)
—
3
—
3
Middlesex
24
2
—
2
Paddington (L.C.C.)
—
3
—
3
Queen Charlotte's
—
—
—
—
Queen Mary's, Carshalton
1
—
—
—
Royal Eye
1
—
—
—
Royal Free
—
6
—
6
Royal Waterloo
—
—
1
1
St. George's
—
75
3
78
St. James's (L.C.C.)
5
821
1
822
St. Mary Abbotts (L.C.C.)
—
8
—
8
St. Stephen's (L.C.C.)
—
65
—
65
St. Thomas's
29
296
100
296
St. Thomas's, Babies
232
—
—
—
South London, for Women
21
14
—
14
Victoria, Chelsea
469
—
172
172
Vincent Square
7
—
8
8
Westminster
2
22
—
22
Battersea Tuberculosis Dispensary
5
—
—
—
Other Societies
—
—
4
4
Totals
807
1,507
291
1,798
Milk for Necessitous Persons.
Under the provisions of the Maternity and Child Welfare
Act, 1918, milk both fresh and dried is provided by the Council
for necessitous expectant and nursing mothers and children under
5 years of age. The following tables give various particulars of
the supply for the past five years :—