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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 1923

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1923

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Table: Health Visitors. The work carried out during 1923 by the Council's Health Visiting Staff, and by the Health Visitors of the voluntary organisations included in the Borough Maternity and Child Welfare scheme, will be found summarised below:—

Health Visitors. The work carried out during 1923 by the Council's Health Visiting Staff, and by the Health Visitors of the voluntary organisations included in the Borough Maternity and Child Welfare scheme, will be found summarised below:—

C'cil.Vol'y.C'cil.Vol'y.C'cil.Vol'y.1922.1923
Visits to Expectant Mothers7931298181751,6113041,6601,915
Visits to Notified Births2,8063905,2109608,0161,3507,6859,366
Visits to Still Births43417—6043364
Visits to Children aged 1-5 years39431,0001,4561,3941,4592,0592,853
Visits to enquire into Infant Deaths972520711732204149
Visits to cases of Notifiable Infectious Disease3,1732671,901875,0743546,3235,428
Visits to cases of Non-Notifiable Infectious Disease3877016534552104789656
Visits re Summer Diarrhœa1,713400—1,7134002,4992,113
Visits to Dental Cases314338—32233276355
Visits to V.D. Cases189—2—191—145191
Other Visits785229——7852291,0321,014
Totals10,6941,5509,1412,71919,8354,26922,70524,104

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Milk Order.
During 1923, Milk, both fresh and dried, was supplied by
the Council free or at reduced rates to Necessitous Expectant and
Nursing Mothers and Children under 5 years of age. The following
table gives particulars relating to the number of persons supplied,
quantities distributed and cost after deducting payments made:—
Year.
Dried Milk.
Fresh Milk.
Persons
Supplied.
lbs.
Supplied.
Persons
Supplied.
Pints
Supplied.
Cost (after
deducting
payments
made).
£
1920 1,473 15,588 233 31,894 3,330
1921 2,391 49,020 301 27,254½ 5,011
1922 2,469 61,511 260 23,879 5,279
1923 2,231 50,110 219 25,633 3,288