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Wandsworth 1920

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Measles.
415 visits and 28 re-visits were made by the Health Visitors
in respect of measles.
The services of the district nurses were requisitioned in 45
cases (16 in Clapham, five in Putney, 12 in Streatham, two in
Tooting, and 10 in Wandsworth), where bronchitis or pneumonia
had set in. The nurses' visits totalled 503.
Whooping Cough.
356 visits and 21 re-visits were made by the Health Visitors
in cases of whoopnig cough. In 12 cases (five in Clapham, five
in Tooting, and two in Wandsworth), district nurses were called
in, and their visits numbered1 129.
Epidemic Diarrhoea.
In all the deaths under one year from diarrhoea and enteritis,
special inquiries were made and the following Table shows the
nature of the food gfiven :—

Table: TABLE LXVII.

TABLE LXVII.

Method of Feeding.Age in Months.
Under 11 and under 33 and under 66 and under 99 and under 12Total.
1.—Breast-fed only2433...12
Do and condensed milk...11...2
Do. and dried milk.........1......1
Do. and food......1......1
2.—Cows' milk only...43212
Do. and dried milk...2............3
Do. dried milk and food ............1...1
3.—Condensed milk......1...2
Do and food......1......1
4.—Dried milk only2...3......5
5.—Farinaceous and other foods ...............2
6.—Unknown1...3228
Totals7101712450