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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 1921

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1921

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Children's Diseases. Others.
Ophth. Neon. 3,936 Pneumonia 2,068
Measles 63 Influenza 378
Whooping Cough 322 Miscellaneous 32
Chicken Pox 2 -
Diarrhoea 541 2,478
Children's Diseases 4,864
4,864
Grand Total 7,342

Table: Health Visitors. The work carried out during 1921 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 1921 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.First Visits.Re-Visits.Total.Grand Total.
C'cil.Vol'y.C'cil.Vol'y.C'cil.Vol'y.
Visits to Expectant Mothers710115102330317334182151
Visits to Notified Births249443438842026637824608838
,, Still Births22———22—22
Visits to children aged 1-5 years121792882010498271876
Visits to enquire into Infant Deaths20143512625269321
Visits to cases of Notifiable Infectious Disease507221724132231352266
Visits to cases of NonNotifiable Infectious Disease151416338714519013082209
Visits re Summer Diarrhœa1243721——12437211964
Visits to Dental Cases282———282—282
Visits to V.D. Cases31———31—31
Other Visits760———760-760
Totals788515057997333315882483820720