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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 1916

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1916

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
"The sanitary defects found in the houses during our visits
to the mothers have been remedied, or if requiring structural
work, referred to you. 61 intimation notices were served and three
statutory notices were required."

Table: TABLE XXI.

TABLE XXI.

Clapham, North.Clapham, South.Putney.Streatham.Balham.Tooting.Southfield.Fairfield.Springfield.Borough.
Infants visited4163432233194987793513046293,862
Breast-fed3322751742493926503072555383.172
Otherwise fed84684970106129444991690
Infants re-visited3122251602173096612662524872,889
Breast-fed1731431061351723691791833461,806
Otherwise fed13982548213729287691411,083
Ineffectual visits12743119492071952741463011,461

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The total number of deaths among those visited was 117, 18
in Clapham, eight in Putney, 27 in Streatham, 29 in Tooting, and
35 in Wandsworth. The heaviest mortality occurred at one to
three months.
The mortality among the infants visited by the Inspectors
was only 30 per 1,000 births, compared with 77 per 1,000, the rate
for the Borough for the year.
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
There are five Infant Welfare Centres in the Borough in full
working order. Each has a medical officer and a trained superintendent;
the latter weighs the children, and visits the mothers
in their own homes to see that the Doctor's instructions are carried
out.
The first Centre was opened at The Anchor, 275, Garratt
Lane, Wandsworth, on the 6th July, 1915, and serves the three