London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Wandsworth 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
registered midwives were employed chiefly by the very poor
(Putney two, Balham 40, Tooting 100, Southfield 20, Fairfield
57, Springfield 60).
"The sanitary defects discovered in the course of our
visits were remedied, or, if involving structural work,
leferred to you. In Balham 21 intimation notices were
served, in Tooting 66, in Wandsworth 65 (Southfield six,
Fairfield 31, Springfield 28). Three statutory notices were
requited in Balham, seven in Tooting, and four in Wandsworth
(Fairfield one, Springfield three)."