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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 1924
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1924
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Nursing Service, 1924.
| Name of Disease. | Age. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 years. | Over 5 years. | |||||
| Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | |
| Ophthalmia Neon. & other Eye Aff'ns. | 85 | 2,676 | — | — | 85 | 2,676 |
| Measles | 93 | 1,059 | 17 | 211 | 110 | 1,270 |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 167 | — | — | 11 | 167 |
| Diarrhoea & Vomiting | 6 | 70 | — | — | 6 | 70 |
| Chicken Pox | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 115 | 1,452 | 89 | 1,541 | 204 | 2,993 |
| Influenza | 16 | 108 | 58 | 577 | 74 | 685 |
| Other Diseases | — | — | 6 | 94 | 6 | 94 |
| Totals | 327 | 5,536 | 173 | 2,438 | 500 | 7,974 |
The cost of the Nursing Service, particulars of which are set
out in the above table, was £265 16s. 0d. as compared with
£182 10s. 8d. during 1923.
Health Visitors.
The work carried out during 1924 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. | 1923 | 1924. | |
| Visits to Expectant Mothers | 866 | 216 | 888 | 396 | 1,754 | 612 | 1,915 | 2,366 |
| Visits to Notified Births | 2,889 | 375 | 5,494 | 840 | 8,383 | 1,215 | 9,366 | 9,598 |
| Visits to Still Births | 61 | 18 | 27 | — | 88 | 18 | 64 | 106 |
| Visits to Children aged 1-5 years | 653 | 1,886 | 1,447 | 2,539 | 1,447 | 2,853 | 3,986 | |
| Visits to enquire into Infant Deaths | 141 | 21 | 64 | 3 | 205 | 24 | 149 | 229 |
| Visits to cases of Notifiable Infectious Disease | 3,264 | 452 | 1,796 | 137 | 5,060 | 589 | 5,428 | 5,649 |
| Visits to cases of Non-Notifiable Disease | 384 | 74 | 144 | 27 | 528 | 101 | 656 | 629 |
| Visits re Summer Diarrhœa | 1,361 | 655 | 1,?61 | 655 | 2,113 | 2,016 | ||
| Visits to Dental Cases | 320 | 25 | 320 | 25 | 355 | 345 | ||
| Visits to V.D. Cases | 211 | — | — | — | 211 | _ | 191 | 211 |
| Gynæcological Visits | 48 | — | — | — | 48 | — | — | 48 |
| Other Visits | 1,263 | 799 | — | 20 | 1,263 | 819 | 1,014 | 2,082 |
| Totals | 11,461 | 2,635 | 10,299 | 2,870 | 21,760 | 5,505 | 24,104 | 27,265 |