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Battersea 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Maternity Hospital, 1922-1923.
Total beds, 30; average stay, 2 weeks; total cases, 394; percentage of beds occupied, 50 per cent.
| Item. | Total. | Per Patient Week. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | s. | d. | ||
| Salaries | Medical | 285 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Nursing | 510 | 0 | 12 | 11 | |
| Domestic and other | 505 | 0 | 12 | 10 | |
| Provisions | 784 | 0 | 19 | 11 | |
| Drugs and other Medical Requisites | 254 | 0 | 6 | 5 | |
| Heating, Lighting and Cleaning | 475 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| Laundry | 370 | 0 | 9 | 5 | |
| Repairs and Renewals | Domestic | 159 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Structural | 164 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| Rent, Rates, Taxes and Insurance | 181 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| Loan Charges | 1,500 | 1 | 18 | 1 | |
| Miscellaneous | 193 | 0 | 4 | 11 | |
| Gross cost | £5,380 | £6 | 16 | 7 | |
| Income | Pupil Midwives | 373 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| Inmates' Payments | 1,572 | 1 | 19 | 11 | |
| Other | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Net cost | £3,429 | £4 | 7 | 0 | |
District Midwifery Service.
The District Midwifery Service, for the attendance of Maternity
cases at their own homes, was inaugurated at the close of 1921.
During 1922, progress continued. The service is directed from
the Borough Maternity Hospital, and through the courtesy of the
Finance Committee, accommodation has been provided for the
District Midwife and her pupil in the Town Hall, a very central
situation, so that she may be more readily accessible to those
needing her services. The Midwife's rooms are connected to
the Maternity Hospital by telephone and patients requiring her
services can telephone from Police Stations at night.
This service is making steady progress and particulars relating
thereto are set out below:—
Total number of cases attended on the district 93
Number of cases delivered by—
(a) Midwife 84
(b) Doctors 9