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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

Wandsworth 1920

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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16. Importance of breast-feeding to the child—benefit to the
mother.
17. Infantile diarrhoea.
18. Infant Welfare Centre as an educational influence.
19. Infection and disinfection.
20. Influenza and colds.
21. Insurance of children.
22. Milk.
23. Ophthalmia.
24. Organisation of mothers' committees.
25. Preparation for the baby and the lying-in room.
26. Prevention of and remedies for sore throats.
27. Sleep.
28. Scarlet fever and diphtheria.
29. The skin.
30. The teeth.
31. Things to remember.
32. Suitable foods for summer months.
33. Symptoms during pregnancy which indicate a doctor
should be consulted.
34. Whooping-cough.

Table: TABLE LXV.

TABLE LXV.

Clapham.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Southfields.Wandsworth.Totals.
No. on Register December 31, 1920133681711841141203034516398492
,, of new cases during 19205592254323575382764732860
,, transferred to other Centres91...11414241
,, removed1214791820418165
,, dead1491451541273
,, passed on to L.C.C.2521181215361263
,, of attendances820623905194355352651915292729450
,, of ante-natal cases10625108108824934512
,, do. attendances147421211582109860836
,, of Nurses' visits to Infants133567216171170259772313729486
,, do. do. ante-natal cases133821002031345677785
,, of Sessions—Infants445010261895050446
,, do. —ante-natal122323272325133
,, of health talks given522328202862159