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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| Municipal. | Voluntary. | Grand Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southlands. | Plough Road. | All Saints' Hall | 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 | 100 | 100 | 101 | 599 | 51 | 76 | 127 | 726 |
| Weights recorded | 4,337 | 5,590 | 5,639 | 5,464 | 6,265 | 2,951 | 30,246 | 646 | 2,233 | 2,879 | 33,125 |
| Advice only given | 939 | 1,187 | 1,251 | 912 | 531 | 574 | 5,394 | 178 | 21 | 199 | 5,593 |
| Total attendances | 5,276 | 6,777 | 6,890 | 6,376 | 6,796 | 3,525 | 35,640 | 824 | 2,254 | 3,078 | 38,718 |
| Average per session | 53.3 | 68.5 | 68.9 | 63.8 | 68.0 | 34.9 | 59.5 | 16.2 | 29.7 | 24.2 | 53.3 |
| „ „ week | 101.5 | 130.3 | 132.5 | 122.6 | 130.7 | 67.8 | 685.4 | 15.8 | 43.3 | 59.2 | 744.6 |
| First attendances | 279 | 360 | 304 | 313 | 48 | 190 | 1,794 | 30 | 145 | 175 | 1,969 |
| Children attended | 444 | 648 | 626 | 562 | 637 | 344 | 3,261 | 71 | 293 | 364 | 3,625 |
| Doctor's attendances | 51 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 49 | 498 | 26 | 76 | 102 | 600 |
| „ interviews | 1,302 | 2,234 | 2,012 | 2,242 | 2,081 | 1,123 | 10,994 | 289 | 1,346 | 1,635 | 12,629 |
| „ average per attendance | 26 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 21 |
(Summary of the work carried out at other centres will be found as under:—
Ante-natal Clinics, page 35; Dental Clinic, pages 31, 75; Light Treatment Centre, pages 48, 76; Anti-diphtheria Clinic, page 60;
Massage Centre, page 49; Mothercraft classes, page 25; Toddlers' Clinic, page 52.)