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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.

Table: TABLE XLVI.Number of New Cases and Total Attendances at each Dispensary for each year from 1913 to 1920, with totals.NEW CASES.

TABLE XLVI.

Number of New Cases and Total Attendances at each Dispensary for each year from 1913 to 1920, with totals.

NEW CASES.

Year.19131914191519161917191819191920Totals.
Balham70766443062873975299410916005
Wandsworth2193032874454766037285953656
Total926967717107312151?55172216869661
TOTAL ATTENDANCES.
Year.19131914191519161917191819191920Totals.
Wandsworth4009499138885480699292239981763352197
Balham1169257326613906557678218241501936966
Total51787564654993861256817044182222 1265289163

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The number of new cases seen at Balham is considerably
less than the high figure reached last year, and this may be incidental
to the opening of other premises some distance away.
There is a large fall in the total attendances, and this is due
to causes touched on in last year's report, viz., the curtailment
of treatment generally, especially of children who are in poor
health but not definite cases of Tuberculosis. A certain number
of these are now referred to the School Medical Service to
deal with, and most of them are advised to attend the dispensaries
periodically for re-examination, and so far this arrangement
has worked satisfactorily.
Owing to the drop in the attendances and to the increase in
the number of sessions, made possible by the appointment of a