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Battersea 1926

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1926

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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 1922 to 1926.

Health Visitors.1922.1923.1924.1925.1926.
C'c'l.Vol.TotalC'c'l.Vol.TotalC'c'l.Vol.TotalC'c'l.Vol.TotalC'c'l.Vol.Total
Visits to Expectant Mothers1,3632971,6601,6113041,9151,7546122,3661,8435792,4221,8666282,494
Visits to Notified Births6,0251,6607,6858,0161,3509,3668,3831,2159,5988,5651,2499,8148,5499509,499
Visits to Still Births333360464881810683119486692
Visits to children aged 1-5 years9421,1172,0591,3941,4592,8532,5391,4473,9862,7751,4384,2133,0171,1184,135
Visits to enquire into Infant Deaths1743020411732149205242291643319715128179
Visits to cases of Notifiable Infectious Disease5,6117126,3235,0743545,4285,0605895,6494,3673184,6857,4809128,392
Visits to cases of Non-Notifiable Disease660129789552104656528101629626132758452110562
Visitsre Summer Diarrhœa1,8476522,4991,7134002,1131,3616552,0164712437141,2511201,371
Visits to Dental Cases27627632233355320253452601427423129260
Visits to V.D. Cases1451451911912112111591597575
Other Visits949831,0327852291,0141,3118192,1301,0616501,7111,0536231,676
Totals18,0254,68022,70519,8354,26924,10421,7605,50527,26520,3744,66725,04124,2114,52428,735