London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Wandsworth 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Maternity and Child Welf are.
At the present time one or more of the Health Visitors is on
duty each night to relieve the trained nurses of the three
Mobile Units stationed at the Municipal Buildings under the
Council's Civil Defence Scheme. They are also called upon to
visit the Rest Centres when these are occupied by children rendered
homeless by enemy action. The Superintendent makes regular
visits to the First Aid Posts.
Table XIII. gives details of the home visiting carried out
by the Health Visitors during the year in the six divisions of the
Borough. The number of attendances at Clinics, &c., are shown
in Table XTT
| Wandsworth. | Putney. | Clapham. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Whole Borough. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | — | — | — | ||||
| — | — | ||||||
Intant Visiting.
Of the 3,662 births which occurred during the year 3,094
or 84.49 per cent. were visited.
It was found that in 107 of the births, doctors had been in
attendance, while in 1,463 the services of midwives had been
utilised. 1,524 infants were born in hospitals and other institutions.