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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Summarised Statistics Relating to Infant Welfare Centres, 1932.
| Municipal. | Voluntary. | Grand Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South-lands | 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 | 100 | 141 | 94 | 97 | 100 | 532 | 93 | 51 | 72 | 216 | 748 |
| Average attendences per session | 47 | 56 | 44 | 59 | 48 | 51 | 43 | 20 | 30 | 33 | 46 |
| Average ditto weekly | 90 | 153 | 79 | 111 | 92 | 524 | 77 | 20 | 42 | 139 | 663 |
| First attendances | 313 | 466 | 245 | 348 | 223 | 1,595 | 308 | 35 | 175 | 518 | 2,113 |
| Doctor's attendances | 52 | 47 | 46 | 48 | 47 | 240 | 93 | 24 | 68 | 185 | 425 |
| Babies seen by Doctor | 1,045 | 1,584 | 1,150 | 1,263 | 1,028 | 6,070 | 2,645 | 195 | 1,215 | 4,055 | 10,125 |
| Average ditto per attendance | 20 | 34 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 24 |
| Weights recorded | 4,213 | 6,259 | 3,684 | 5,322 | 4,268 | 23,746 | 3,939 | 829 | 2,046 | 6,814 | 30,560 |
| Advice only | 462 | 1,686 | 411 | 449 | 509 | 3,517 | 55 | 184 | 147 | 386 | 3,903 |
| Attendances | 4,675 | 7,945 | 4,095 | 5,771 | 4,777 | 27,263 | 3,994 | 1,013 | 2,193 | 7,200 | 34,463 |