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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Summarised Statistics Relating to Infant Welfare Centres, 1933.
| 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. | Municipaland Voluntary. | |
| Sessions held | 100 | 142 | 100 | 96 | 102 | 540 | 94 | 51 | 69 | 214 | 754 |
| Average attendances per session | 39 | 59 | 45 | 65 | 46 | 51 | 44 | 21 | 26 | 33 | 46 |
| Average ditto weekly | 74 | 161 | 87 | 120 | 91 | 533 | 80 | 21 | 35 | 136 | 669 |
| First attendances | 228 | 402 | 273 | 408 | 265 | 1,576 | 208 | 37 | 169 | 414 | 1,990 |
| Doctor's attendances | 52 | 48 | 46 | 51 | 51 | 248 | 94 | 25 | 68 | 187 | 435 |
| Babies seen by Doctor | 1,100 | 1,654 | 1,188 | 1,515 | 1,162 | 6,619 | 2,421 | 229 | 1,109 | 3,759 | 10,378 |
| Average ditto per atten-dance | 21 | 34 | 26 | 30 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Weights recorded | 3,519 | 6,183 | 3,985 | 5,525 | 4,197 | 23,409 | 4,147 | 875 | 1,749 | 6,771 | 30,180 |
| Advice only | 333 | 2,211 | 520 | 742 | 521 | 4,327 | 3 | 213 | 71 | 287 | 4,614 |
| Attendances | 3,852 | 8,394 | 4,505 | 6,267 | 4,718 | 27,736 | 4,150 | 1,088 | 1,820 | 7,058 | 34,794 |