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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 1922

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

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68 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
At Springfield Infant Welfare Centre 14 needlework classes were
held in the spring, and a course of 10 Health lectures was given
in the autumn. The mothers from the Southfield and Fairfield
Infant Welfare Centres attended both these courses.
620 attendances were made by the Health Visitors to the Infant
Clinics, and 178 to the ante-natal clinics.
One of the Health Visitors is a member of the local committee
of each Infant Welfare Centre, and the Medical Officer of Health
is ex-officio a member of the General Council, whose function is
to co-ordinate the work of the Centres.
153 health talks were given by the Health Visitors during the
year.

Table: Table XLI.

Table XLI.

Clapham.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Southfield.Fairfield.Springfield.Totals.
No. of new cases during 19223821973842774431531733312,340
„ transferred to other Centres12522..6422879
„ dead15326610761184
,, passed on to L.C.C.12682117462956..3641,036
„ of Attendances7,1372,9606,3525,7636,1711,9011,5793,10634,969
,, of ante-natal cases67501189616057..105653
„ of ante-natal attendances181143246241435157..2281,631
„ of nurses' visits to infants1,4229411.6742,4701,3716757801,46010,793
„ of nurses' visits to antenatal cases1361112731548465932501,166
,, of sessions—
Infants96501049798505150596
Ante-natal122424272524..24160
„ of health talks given802566216024612294