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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 1925
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1925
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During 1925 the total number of attendances made by the Nurses was as follows :— Nursing Service, 1925.
| Name of Disease. | Age. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 years. | Over 5 years. | |||||
| Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | |
| Ophthalmia Neon. & other Eye Aff'ns. | 108 | 3,056 | - | - | 108 | 3.056 |
| Measles | 24 | 188 | 8 | 48 | 32 | 236 |
| Whooping Cough | 19 | 324 | 2 | 31 | 21 | 355 |
| Diarrhoea & Vomiting | 5 | 37 | — | — | 5 | 37 |
| Chicken Pox | 3 | 33 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 42 |
| Pemphigus neonatorum | 5 | 139 | — | — | 5 | 139 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 60 | 1,038 | 66 | 1,376 | 126 | 2,414 |
| Influenza | 1 | 4 | 26 | 239 | 27 | 243 |
| Other Diseases | — | — | 2 | 47 | 2 | 47 |
| Totals | 225 | 4,819 | 105 | 1,750 | 330 | 6.569 |
The cost of the Nursing Service, particulars of which are set
out in the above table, was £218 19s. 4d., as compared with
£265 16s. Od. in 1924 and £182 10s. 8d. in 1923.
Health Visitors.
The work carried out during the quinquennium 1921 to 1925
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 in the table
on page 27.