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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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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Measles.
380 visits and 23 re-visits were made by the Health Visitors
in respect of measles.
The services of the district nurses were requisitioned in 27
cases (nine in Clapham, two in Streatham, five in Tooting, and 11 in
Wandsworth), where bronchitis or pneumonia had set in. The
nurses' visits totalled 332.
Whooping Cough.
444 visits and 37 re-visits were made by the Health Visitors
in cases of whooping cough. In nine cases (five in Clapham and
four in Wandsworth) district nurses were called in, and their visits
numbered 284.
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 given :—

Table: Table XLIII.

Table XLIII.

Method of Feeding.Age in Months.
Under 1.1 and under 3.3 and under 6.6 and under 9.9 and under 12.Total.
1. Breast-fed only-22......4
Do. and dried milk..1......1
2. Cows' milk only..1......1
Do. and dried milk..2....o
Do. and food..1....1
3. Condensed milk only....1..12
Do. and food......1..1
4. Dried milk only....1..12
5. Unknown....32..5
Totals2573219