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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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TODDLERS' CLINICS, 1938.
| Clinic held at | Total. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South-lands. | Plough Road. | All Saints Hall. | Chatham Road. | Gideon Road. | Mundella Road. | ||
| Children invited | 708 | 412 | 442 | 266 | 308 | 273 | 2,409 |
| Number who attended | 288 | 200 | 252 | 195 | 230 | 121 | 1,286 |
| On invitation | 229 | 187 | 240 | 186 | 225 | 115 | 1,182 |
| From 1937 | 38 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 62 |
| Otherwise | 21 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 42 |
| Sessions held | 48 | 38 | 39 | 35 | 37 | 39 | 236 |
| Attendances— | |||||||
| First | 250 | 195 | 243 | 193 | 226 | 117 | 1,224 |
| Other | 347 | 248 | 400 | 246 | 291 | 138 | 1,670 |
| Total | 597 | 443 | 643 | 439 | 517 | 255 | 2,894 |
| Average per session | 11.7 | 16.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 6.5 | 12.3 | |
| Previously attended I.W.C. | 212 | 1.43 | 211 | 163 | 196 | 69 | 994 |
| Number showing no defects (except dental) | 83 | 124 | 160 | 128 | 81 | 79 | 655 |
| Referred to— | |||||||
| Dental clinic | 241 | 39 | 54 | 30 | 29 | 19 | 412 |
| Schick clinic | 177 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 212 |
| Solarium | 29 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 30 |
| Tuberculosis dispensary | — | 1 | - | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| School clinic | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 6 |
| Hospital | 50 | 30 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 157 |
| Private doctor | 4 | -— | — | — | — | 2 | 6 |
| 502 | 76 | 90 | 59 | 64 | 34 | 825 | |
| Recommended for milk supply | 68 | 38 | 23 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 175 |
* Southlands Clinic open whole year; others from April to December.