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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

Deptford 1915

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table: Albany Institute, Deptford Fund. Returns of Infant Consultations from January 1st to December 31st, 1915,

Albany Institute, Deptford Fund. Returns of Infant Consultations from January 1st to December 31st, 1915,

No. of individual Babies who have attended Infant Consultations247
„ times those Babies have been weighed1689
„ „ „ seen by Doctor718
Total attendance of Mothers at Lectures1788
No. of Infant Consultations held50
Total attendance made by Children at the Day Nursery for the year4172
No. of Babies admitted to Babies' Home52
Babies who have been re-admitted4

Table: Deptford Health Centre. The following is a summary of the work done:—

Deptford Health Centre. The following is a summary of the work done:—

Throat and nose cases (including 242 operations)393
Skin disease cases1333
Medical cases3150
Dental cases (including 6423 extractions of teeth 1966 anaesthetics 3017 fillings inserted)2642
Eye cases724
Baby Camp—Attendances in middle of 191540-50