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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Summarised Statistics Relating to Infant Welfare Centres, 1934.
| 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 | 99 | 136 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 534 | 92 | 51 | 68 | 211 | 745 |
| Weights recorded | 2,692 | 5,008 | 4,061 | 5,232 | 3,221 | 20,214 | 3,118 | 650 | 1,829 | 5,597 | 25,811 |
| Advice only given | 407 | 1,603 | 918 | 507 | 507 | 3,942 | 17 | 205 | 86 | 308 | 4,250 |
| Total attendances | 3,099 | 6,611 | 4,979 | 5,739 | 3,728 | 24,156 | 3,135 | 855 | 1,915 | 5,905 | 30,061 |
| Average per session | 31 | 49 | 50 | 57 | 37 | 45 | 34 | 17 | 28 | 28 | 40 |
| ,, ,, week | 60 | 127 | 96 | 110 | 72 | 465 | 60 | 16 | 37 | 113 | 578 |
| First attendances | 183 | 375 | 301 | 367 | 216 | 1,442 | 207 | 22 | 191 | 420 | 1,862 |
| Doctor's attendances | 49 | 49 | 47 | 50 | 49 | 244 | 92 | 23 | 69 | 184 | 428 |
| ,, interviews | 931 | 1,562 | 1,161 | 1,489 | 1,040 | 6,183 | 1,906 | 223 | 1,196 | 3,325 | 9,508 |
| ,, average per attendance | 19 | 32 | 25 | 30 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 22 |
(Summary of the work carried out at other centres will be found as under:—
Ante-natal clinics, page 32; Dental Clinic, pages 39, 62; Light Treatment Centre, pages 40, 63; Anti-diphtheria Clinic, page 48;
Massage Centre, page 24.)