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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 49
TABLE XXV.
| Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visits. | Re-visits. | |||||||
| No. of Visits to: | ||||||||
| Infants under 1 year | 919 | 325 | 555 | 443 | 592 | 1393 | 4227 | 4521 |
| Children: | ||||||||
| 1—2 years | — | 17 | 8 | 75 | 14 | 5 | 119 | 1039 |
| 2—5 years | — | 27 | 11 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 94 | 1232 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 25 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 64 | 44 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 10 |
| Whooping Cough | 93 | 22 | 52 | 30 | 116 | 337 | 650 | 35 |
| Measles | 13 | 27 | — | 7 | 5 | 185 | 237 | 10 |
| Diarrhœa | — | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | — |
| Ante-natal visits | 122 | 40 | 137 | 83 | 102 | 185 | 669 | — |
| Supply of milk | 10 | 14 | 62 | 83 | 4 | 74 | 247 | — |
| Miscellaneous | 135 | 47 | 295 | 135 | 53 | 163 | 828 | — |
| Ineffectual | 402 | 273 | 497 | 182 | 249 | 790 | 2393 | — |
| Total visits | 1723 | 810 | 1630 | 1083 | 1168 | 3178 | 9592 | — |
| Re-visits in each sub-district | 1107 | 751 | 1496 | 629 | 520 | 2371 | — | 6894 |
| Attendances at Welfare Centres | 105 | 64 | 101 | 89 | 95 | 154 | 608 | — |
| Attendances at Ante-natal Centres | 13 | 23 | 33 | 31 | 26 | 49 | 175 | — |
| Health talks to mothers | 53 | 15 | 1 | 27 | 60 | 7 | 163 | — |
| Visits to crèches | — | 32 | 16 | — | 39 | 30 | 117 | — |
| Committee meetings | — | 21 | — | 9 | 25 | 12 | 67 | — |
| Total | 171 | 155 | 151 | 156 | 245 | 252 | 1130 | — |
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