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concerned were charged with the balance of £3 2s. 0d. In one case
the cost of maintaining a baby of 3 months in an open air home
was borne by the Council from February to May, when the case
was taken over by the London County Council.
Other children attending the Council's Welfare Centres were
sent away for a period of convalescence through the agency and
at the cost of the Invalid Children's Aid Association.
In addition to the above a number of mothers and children
attending the centres of the Women's League of Service were sent
away for convalescence, the cost of which was not borne by the
Council (vide page 26).
St. Thomas's Babies' Hostel.
Since 1926 cases have been sent from the Borough Maternity
and Child Welfare clinics to this Hostel for the encouragement of
breast feeding.
The result of this work during 1938 is as follows :—
Test Feeds. Number of cases, 196, comprising : Mothers,
196 ; babies, 199. Number of attendances, 713.
15 of these cases received in-patient treatment.
In-Patient Treatment. Battersea cases received—
19 mothers and 33 babies sent by Council.
3 babies sent from other sources.
Period of stay.
Cases sent by Council—19 mothers and 33 babies,
1,499 days; average, mothers 20 days, babies
34 days.
Other cases—3 babies, 106 days (average 35 days).
The contribution of £150 made by the Council annually in
respect of the work carried out by the Hostel for Battersea mothers,
was increased to £200 per annum from 1st April.
Nursing Facilities.
The Council have made arrangements with the South London
District Nursing Association, of 109 Clapham Common North Side,
for the nursing of mothers and children under the powers contained
in Part XII of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, and also
of patients suffering from certain infectious illnesses. A payment
of £300 per annum is made to the Association in respect of their
services.
The total number of attendances made by the nurses of the
District Nursing Association in connection with cases of infectious
disease was :—