Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Summarised Statistics Relating to Infant Welfare Centres, 1936.
Municipal.
Voluntary.
Grand
Total.
Southlands.
Plough
Road.
East
Battersea.
Chatham
Road.
Gideon
Road.
Mundella
Road.
Total.
Chislehurst
(St.James's)
Mission.
Women's
League of
Service.
Total
Municipal
and
Voluntary.
Sessions held
102
100
101
96
102
99
600
50
70
120
720
Weights recorded
2,443
5,061
4,495
5,346
3,909
3,396
24,650
708
1,834
2,542
27,192
Advice only given
429
1,053
973
633
545
379
4,012
190
37
227
4,239
Total attendances
2,872
6,114
5,468
5,979
4,454
3,775
28,662
898
1,871
2,769
31,431
Average per session
28
61
54
62
44
38
48
18
27
23
44
„ „ week
55
118
105
115
86
73
551
18
36
53
604
First attendances
162
394
318
404
229
233
1,740
30
149
179
1,919
Children attended
292
653
600
654
375
402
2,976
67
265
332
3,308
Doctor's attendances
53
59
57
54
61
49
333
27
69
96
429
,, interviews
890
1,783
1,443
1,554
1,356
1,266
8,292
263
1,173
1,436
9,728
„ average per
attendance
17
30
25
29
22
26
25
10
17
15
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(Summary of the work carried out at other centres will be found as under :—
Ante-natal Clinic, page 36 ; Dental Clinic, pages 31, 73 ; Light Treatment Centre, pages 47, 74 ; Anti-diphtheria Clinic, page 58 ;
Massage Centre, page 48 ; Mothercraft classes, page 25 ; Toddlers' Clinic, page 50.)