[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough] page 87

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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second Medical Officer, much more individual attention can now
be given to those cases which require thorough investigation.
This is undoubtedly a move in the right direction. Further, it
is now poss ble for the Medical Officers to get into closer contact
with the conditions under which the patients live by personallv
visiting the homes.

Table: Table XLVII. gives further comparative details of the work.TABLE XLVII.Return showing detail of other Work connected with the Dispensaries during the last four years.

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Table XLVII. gives further comparative details of the work.

TABLE XLVII.

Return showing detail of other Work connected with the Dispensaries during the last four years.

	1917	1918	1919	1920
Visits by Nurses at Patients' Homes	1482	1668	3158	3528
Number of written Reports made ...	882	1070	1871	2483
Cases of difficulty referred to St. Thomas's Hospital	10	7	69	67
NumtTer of attendances at which complete examinations were made	2032	2215	3308	3179

Table: Table XLVII1. gives the numbers of new cases living in each of the five sub-districts, and shows on whose recommendation they made the first attendance.TABLE XLVIII.

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Table XLVII1. gives the numbers of new cases living in each of the five sub-districts, and shows on whose recommendation they made the first attendance.

TABLE XLVIII.

District.	Clapham.	Putney.	Streatham.	Tooting.	Wandsworth.	Outside Borough.	Totafs.
Public Health Department	92	25	107	157	286	...	667
London Insurance Committee	9	4	13	18	8	...	52
Private Practitioners	48	11	62	58	118	10	307
Charitable Societies	2	2	1	8	2	?,	17
Transfers from other Dispensaries	11	9	10	7	12	2	51
London County Council	5	4	3	16	40	2	70
Existing Dispensary Patients	18	14	18	48	128	12	238
Ministry of Pensions	12	11	20	28	30	2	103
Other Sources	14	7	22	24	111	3	181
Totals	211	87	256	364	735	33	1686

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Table: Table XLVII. gives further comparative details of the work.TABLE XLVII.Return showing detail of other Work connected with the Dispensaries during the last four years.

Table: Table XLVII1. gives the numbers of new cases living in each of the five sub-districts, and shows on whose recommendation they made the first attendance.TABLE XLVIII.