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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| Municipal. | Voluntary. | Grand Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southlands. | Plough Road. | Fast Battersea. | Chatham Road. | Gideon Road. | Mundella Road. | Total. | Chislehurst (St.James's) Mission. | Women's League of Service. | Total | Municipal and Voluntary. | |
| Sessions held | 99 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 101 | 100 | 600 | 51 | 70 | 121 | 721 |
| Weights recorded | 3,031 | 5,519 | 5,528 | 6,553 | 4,778 | 3,172 | 28,581 | 675 | 2,164 | 2,839 | 31,420 |
| Advice only given | 659 | 853 | 964 | 999 | 388 | 463 | 4,326 | 215 | 60 | 275 | 4,601 |
| Total attendances | 3,690 | 6,372 | 6,492 | 7,552 | 5,166 | 3,635 | 32,907 | 890 | 2,224 | 3,114 | 36,021 |
| Average per session | 37 | 64 | 65 | 75 | 51 | 36 | 55 | 17 | 32 | 26 | 50 |
| „ „ week | 71 | 123 | 125 | 145 | 99 | 70 | 633 | 17 | 43 | 60 | 693 |
| First attendances | 214 | 360 | 352 | 455 | 267 | 212 | 1,860 | 31 | 155 | 186 | 2,046 |
| Children attended | 357 | 687 | 675 | 743 | 480 | 386 | 3,328 | 72 | 282 | 354 | 3,682 |
| Doctor's attendances | 52 | 95 | 92 | 99 | 97 | 51 | 486 | 28 | 70 | 98 | 584 |
| ,, interviews. | 836 | 2,252 | 2,139 | 2,685 | 1,931 | 1,252 | 11,095 | 232 | 1,274 | 1,506 | 12,601 |
| ,, average per attendance | 16 | 24 | 23 | 27 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 22 |
(Summary of the work carried out at other centres will be found as under:—
Ante-natal Clinic, page 32 ; 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.)