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Health Visitors.
The personnel of the health Visiting Staff, which consists of
1 Superintendent Health Visitor and 14 Health Visitors, is set out on
Page 3.
Facilities are granted by the Council to students of recognised
training bodies for practical instruction and training as health visitors
and women sanitary inspectors. During the year five students from
the Hygiene Department, Battersea Polytechnic, received a course of
training under the Council's Maternity and Child Welfare scheme, and,
on completion of their training, certificates as to their work were
supplied to the Polytechnic authorities.

Hospital Provision.
The Council have made provision for the needs of children
requiring special hospital treatment by arrangement with the Victoria
Hospital for Children, Chelsea, and the St. Thomas's Babies' Hostel,
The Council make an annual grant to these Hospitals in respect of the
facilities afforded. Women and children are referred where necessary
from the ante-natal and child welfare centres to appropriate institutions,
children being usually sent to one of the above-named hospitals.
The Council's health visiting staff also visit and report on
the home conditions of Battersea women and children receiving
treatment in the obstetric, gynaecological and other departments
of the various hospitals.
942 cases were referred to hospitals, etc., from the various
centres.
Dental Clinic.
Following the destruction of the Dental Clinic by enemy
action, arrangements were made with the London County Council
for dental treatment to be carried out at St. James' Hospital,
this service commencing in March, 1941. During the year 265
mothers and 102 children were referred to the Clinic, and of these
94 Mothers and 68 children had attended.