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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Summarised Statistics Relating to Infant Welfare Centres, January 1st to July 4th, 1948.
| Municipal | Voluntary | Grand Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints' | Chatham Hall | Gideon Road | Nine Elms | Plough Road | Southlands | Total | Women's League of Service | Municipal and Voluntary | |
| Sessions held | 53 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 51 | 50 | 311 | 32 | 343 |
| Weights recorded | 2,286 | 3,403 | 3,693 | 1,077 | 2,238 | 2,187 | 14,884 | 1,378 | 16,262 |
| Advice only given | 269 | 262 | 386 | 171 | 199 | 138 | 1,425 | 16 | 1,441 |
| Total attendances | 2,555 | 3,665 | 4,079 | 1,248 | 2,437 | 2,325 | 16,309 | 1,394 | 17,703 |
| Average per session | 48.2 | 70.3 | 78.4 | 23.5 | 47.8 | 46.5 | 52.1 | 43.6 | 51.6 |
| First attendances | 190 | 214 | 194 | 80 | 178 | 139 | 995 | 103 | 1,098 |
| Children attended | 456 | 579 | 547 | 227 | 372 | 347 | 2,528 | 250 | 2,778 |
| Doctor's attendances | 51 | 49 | 49 | 26 | 49 | 49 | 273 | 26 | 299 |
| „ interviews | 863 | 1,079 | 965 | 323 | 773 | 765 | 4,768 | 659 | 5,427 |
| „ average per attendance | 16.9 | 22.0 | 19.7 | 12.4 | 15.8 | 15.6 | 17.5 | 25.3 | 18.2 |
| Referred to Hospital | 43 | 46 | 43 | 20 | 21 | 30 | 203 | 9 | 212 |
(Summary of the work carried out at other centres will be found as under:—
Ante-natal Clinic, page 18; Post-natal Clinic, page 18; Anti-diphtheria Clinic, page 24; Mothercraft classes, page 14;
Toddlers' Clinic, page 20.)