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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wandsworth 1919

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1919

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8o Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XLIX.Number of New Cases and Total Attendances at each Dispensary, for each year from1913 to 1919,with totals.NEW CASES.

TABLE XLIX.

Number of New Cases and Total Attendances at each Dispensary, for each year from1913 to 1919,with totals.

NEW CASES.

1913[91419151916191719181919Totals.
East Hill, Wandsworth7126644306237357439944901
Old Devonshire Rd., Balham2243072864584795997283081
Total93697171610811214134217227982

Table: TOTAL ATTENDANCES.

TOTAL ATTENDANCES.

[913191419151916191719181919Totals.
East Hill, Wandsworth400148563854539170059083998144171
Old Devonshire Rd., Balham1501280127264128575o8335824133482
Total550276576580951912755174181822277653

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Table L. gives further details of the work during the last
three years. Owing to the appointment of a second nurse in
September, 1918, the number of home visits made by the nurses
has nearly doubled this year. It is very satisfactory to note this
increase in a most important aspect of the work. There is a large
increase in the clerical work generally, especially in the number of
reports made to authorities and to private practitioners in
connexion with the treatment of patients, and to cope with this
aspect of the work a clerk was appointed in September, 1919.

Table: TABLE L.Return showing Detail of other Work Connected with the Dispensaries duringthe last three years.

TABLE L.

Return showing Detail of other Work Connected with the Dispensaries during

the last three years.

1917.1918.1919.
Visits by nurses at patients' homes1,4821,6683,158
Number of written reports made8821,0701,871
Cases of difficulty referred to St. Thomas's Hospital10769
Number of attendances at which complete examinations were madeI 2.0322,2153.3°8