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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Summarised Statistics Relating to Infant Welfare Centres, 1930
| Municipal. | Voluntary. | Grand Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Southlands " | Plough Road | East Battersea | Chatham Road | Gideon Road | Total. | Battersea School for Mothers. | Chislehurst (St James's) Mission. | Women's League of Service. | Total. | Municipal and Voluntary | |
| Sessions held | 113 | 111 | 99 | 143 | 71 | 537 | 95 | 50 | 73 | 218 | 755 |
| Average attendances per session | 35 | 48 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 43 | 34 | 29 | 24 | 30 | 39 |
| Average ditto weekly | 75 | 102 | 86 | 121 | 59 | 442 | 62 | 28 | 34 | 124 | 566 |
| First attendances | 221 | 406 | 273 | 339 | 192 | 1,431 | 208 | 55 | 117 | 380 | 1,811 |
| Doctor's attendances | 64 | 49 | 47 | 49 | 38 | 247 | 95 | 26 | 73 | 194 | 441 |
| Babies seen by Doctor | 1.137 | 1,384 | 1,193 | 1,134 | 859 | 5,707 | 2,425 | 287 | 1.238 | 3,950 | 9,657 |
| Average ditto per attendance | 18 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 22 |
| Weights recorded | 3,585 | 4,650 | 3,955 | 5,273 | 2,838 | 20,301 | 3,223 | 1,346 | 1,679 | 6,248 | 26,549 |
| Advice only | 322 | 640 | 509 | 1,001 | 216 | 2,688 | 9 | 107 | 67 | 183 | 2,871 |
| Attendances | 3,907 | 5,290 | 4,464 | 6,274 | 3,054 | 22,989 | 3,232 | 1,453 | 1,746 | 6,431 | 29,420 |