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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 1918
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1918
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
1917, the Mill House, Garratt Lane, was taken. It was approved
by the Board of Education, and the Ministry of Munitions, for 60
children, of whom two-thirds must be children of munition workers.
The large expenditure incurred is due to the amount spent on
equipment (£427 4s. od.), and the greatly increased staff. It has
been found necessary, owing to the increased cost of milk and food,
to raise the rate of parents' payments to is. for one child, is. 6d. for
two, and 2s. for three. This is willingly paid by the majority.
Necessitous cases, such as the children of widows, women with
invalided husbands, or soldiers' wives with small separation allowances,
are admitted at a reduced fee, each case being considered
by the House Committee.
Streatham and Clapham have no Creches. Expenditure.
| £ | s. | d | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Putney, 1917 | 442 | 5 | 4 |
| Balham—March, 1917, to March, 1918 | 283 | 8 | 3 |
| Tooting—July 9th, 1917, to July 31st, 1918 | 567 | 13 | 2 |
| Wandsworth—April, 1918, to April, 1919 (estimated) | 969 | 14 | 11 |
| Total | £2,263 | 1 | 8 |
III.—Proposed Extensions.
The Local Government Board, in its circular on Maternity
and Child Welfare of 9th August, 1918, states that the additional
services for which the Board's grant is now available, subject to
the Board's approval of the arrangements, are chiefly:—
1.—Hospital Treatment for Children up to five years of age.
The only work of this1 description now being carried out in this
Borough is at the Babies' Nursing Home, 39, Riggindale Road, in
connection with the Infant Welfare Centre. There are at present
14 cots, including two isolation cots, but there is accommodation
on the premises for eight more when funds permit. The staff