Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XXXI.
Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough. | |
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No. of children visited :— | |||||||
Under 1 year | 745 | 268 | 455 | 656 | 645 | 1178 | 3947 |
1-2 years | 7 | 3 | 18 | 62 | 9 | 26 | 125 |
2-5 years | 9 | 5 | 12 | 51 | 10 | 9 | 96 |
Revisits to:— | |||||||
Infants under 1 year | 561 | 298 | 484 | 282 | 620 | 1438 | 3683 |
Children 1-2 years | 344 | 185 | 257 | 106 | 649 | 1051 | 2592 |
Children 2-5 years | 452 | 301 | 233 | 124 | 798 | 1180 | 3088 |
Total visits to children under Notification of Births Act | 2118 | 1060 | 1459 | 1281 | 2731 | 4882 | 13531 |
Other visits— : | |||||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 46 |
Measles | 1177 | 778 | 302 | 919 | 1634 | 1851 | 6661 |
Whooping Cough | 62 | 161 | 83 | 194 | 42 | 331 | 873 |
Ante-natal cases | 208 | 66 | 82 | 127 | 192 | 329 | 1004 |
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia | 2 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 56 |
Miscellaneous | 122 | 98 | 125 | 141 | 133 | 289 | 908 |
Ineffectual | 593 | 454 | 344 | 503 | 822 | 1369 | 4085 |
Total Visits | 4291 | 2627 | 2397 | 3197 | 5574 | 9078 | 27164 |
Attendances at:— | |||||||
Infant Welfare Centres | 150 | 156 | 111 | 176 | 281 | 409 | 1283 |
Ante-natal Centres | 26 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 33 | 72 | 242 |
Committee Meetings | 3 | 18 | 1 | - | 10 | — | 32 |
Health Talks | 27 | 78 | 82 | 110 | 127 | 116 | 540 |
Visits to Creches | — | 21 | 41 | — | 31 | 35 | 128 |