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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
Battersea 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Summarised Statistics Relating to Infant Welfare Centres, 1947.
| Municipal. | Voluntary | Grand Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints' | Chatham Road | Gideon Road | Nine Elms | Plough Road | Southlands | Total | |||
| Women's League of Service | Municipaland Voluntary | ||||||||
| Sessions held | 103 | 102 | 102 | 103 | 99 | 102 | 611 | 52 | 663 |
| Weights recorded | 4,655 | 6,421 | 7,116 | 2,409 | 3,313 | 4,203 | 28,117 | 2,261 | 30,378 |
| Advice only given | 572 | 473 | 746 | 299 | 371 | 328 | 2,789 | 43 | 2,832 |
| Total attendances | 5,227 | 6,894 | 7,862 | 2,708 | 3,684 | 4,531 | 30,906 | 2,304 | 33,210 |
| Average per session | 50-7 | 67.6 | 77.1 | 26.3 | 37.1 | 44.4 | 50.6 | 44.3 | 50.1 |
| First attendances | 404 | 493 | 468 | 186 | 347 | 339 | 2,237 | 166 | 2,403 |
| Children attended | 640 | 766 | 734 | 306 | 493 | 522 | 3,461 | 270 | 3,731 |
| Doctor's attendances | 78 | 85 | 82 | 52 | 74 | 61 | 432 | 52 | 484 |
| „ interviews | 1,418 | 1,832 | 1,568 | 696 | 1,137 | 1,145 | 7,796 | 1,306 | 9,102 |
| „ average per attendance | 18.2 | 21.6 | 19.1 | 13.4 | 15.3 | 18.8 | 18.0 | 25.9 | 18.8 |
| Referred to Hospital | 123 | 89 | 92 | 46 | 51 | 86 | 487 | 10 | 497 |
(Summary of the work carried out at other centres will be found as under
Ante-natal Clinic, page 22; Post-natal Clinic, page 22; Anti-diphtheria Clinic, page 27; Mothercraft classes, page 17;
Toddlers' Clinic, page 23.)