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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
There are five Infant Welfare Centres in the Borough in full
working order. Each has a medical officer and a trained superintendent;
the latter weighs the children, and visits the mothers
in their own homes to see that the Doctor's instructions are carried
out.
The Wandsworth Centre at The Anchor Mission, 275, Garratt
Lane, Wandsworth, serves the three Wards, viz.:—Southfield,
Fairfield and Springfield. There were 721 children on the register
at the end of 1917, the attendances during that year were 2,358,
an average attendance of 48 for 49 weeks (the Centre having been
closed at Easter and Christmas).
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At the Centre at Tooting the number on the register at the end
of 1917 was 817, the attendance 3,339, an average of 62.5.
At the Putney Centre the number on the register at the end of
1917 was 325, attendances were 1,252 in 50 weeks, an average of 25.
At the Streatham Centre at the end of 1917 there were 382 on
the register, and there were 1,795 attendances, an average of 35 9.
At the Balham Centre the number on the register at the end of
1917 was 313, the attendances being 2,955, an average of 59.
320 attendances were made by the Health Visitors to these
Centres during the year, and 27 lectures and many homely talks
and advice were given to the mothers.
Tuberculous Diseases.
The total number of deaths from diseases of a Tuberculous
nature was 424.