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CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS
The Charity Organisation Society, the Invalid Children's Aid Association and the Invalid
Kitchens of London have continued their helpful co-operation.
Each year the Women's Holiday Fund sends away for a fortnight many mothers who would
otherwise be unable to get away from home responsibilities. The women who are thus sent to the
country or to the seaside are expected to contribute to the cost as they may be able. They begin to
save from the early spring for these holidays, and the joy of anticipation adds to the value of the
holiday itself.
BABIES' HOSPITAL
The Fulham Babies' Hospital is under the control of a Voluntary Committee on which the
Borough Council is represented. The type of case in which the hospital is mainly interested is that
in which there are nutritional difficulties, but rickets, pneumonia, bronchitis, anaemia and certain
post-operative conditions are also treated. The hospital is an invaluable adjunct to the child welfare
services at whose request the majority of the children are admitted, and has been an important factor
in reducing infant mortality. The medical staff is provided from the medical officers of the Borough
Council.
The medical statistics for 1937 were as follows:—
Cases admitted: 115
Clinic cases 94
General Practitioners 21
Average daily number in Hospital 12.4
Average duration of stay 35 days
In Hospital January 1st 14
In Hospital December 31st 10
Reasons for admission:
Anæmia 7 Loss of weight 8
Bronchitis 21 Marasmus 14
Broncho-Pneumonia 7 Otitis Media 2
Bronchial Catarrh 7 Rickets. 6
Constipation 1 Stomatitis 1
Diarrhœa 3 Test feeding 4
Debility 1 Vomiting 3
Enteritis 1 After Tonsilectomy 2
For observation 9 After Circumcision 2
For dieting 16
Discharges: Deaths :
In good health 69 Broncho-Pneumonia 2
Improved 36 Meningitis 1
Not improved 11
Total 116
Discharged on account of infectious diseases :
Diphtheria 2
Scarlet Fever 1
Whooping Cough 1
Dysentery 1