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Battersea 1925

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1925

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Summary of Visiting Work Carried out by Council's Visiting Staff and Voluntary Organisations included in the Borough Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme from 1921 to 1925.

Health Visitors.1921.1922.1923.1924.1925.Mean (1921-25).
C'c'l.Vol.TotalC'c'l.Vol.TotalC'c'l.Vol.TotalC'c'l.Vol.TotalC'c'l.Vol.TotalC'c'l.Vol.Total
Visits to Expectant Mothers1,7334182,1511,3632971,6601,6113041,9151,7546122,3661,8435792 4221,6614422,103
Visits to Notified Births6,3782,4608,8386,0251,6607,6858,0161,3509,3668,3831,2159,5988,5651,2499,8147,4731,5879,060
Visits to Still Births2222333360464881810683119457764
Visits to children aged 1-5 years1,0498271,8769421,1172,0591,3941,4592,8532,5391,4473,9862,7751,4384,2131,7401,2582,998
Visits to enquire into Infant Deaths252693211743020411732149205242291643319718238220
Visits to cases of Notifiable Infec-tious Disease2,231352,2665,6117126,3235,0743545,4285,0605895,6494,3673184,6854,4694014,870
Visits to cases of Non-Notifiable In-fectious Disease1,9013082,2096601297895521046565281016296261327588531551,008
Visits re Summer Diarrhœa1,2437211,9641,8476522,4991,7134002,1131,3616552,0164712437141,3275341,861
Visits to Dental Cases28228227627632233355320253452601427429214306
Visits to V.D. Cases3131145145191191211211159159148148
Other Visits760760949831,0327852291,0141,3118192,1301,0616501,7119733561,329
Totals15,8824,83820,72018,0254,68022,70519,8354,26924,10421,7605,50527,26520,3744,66725,04119,1754,79223,967