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Wandsworth 1922

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: The following Table shows the number of families, etc., to whom free milk was granted during the year

The following Table shows the number of families, etc., to whom free milk was granted during the year

Clapham.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Southfield.Fairfield.Springfield.Borough.
Number of— Families1864921018014784751361.067
Expectant mothers38643301810513163
Nursing mothers6923567595294122410
Infants1213415810360533371633
Children over 3 years202811222451

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General Remarks as to Benefits Accruing from Free
Milk Supply.
The Health Visitors report that in many cases the Borough
grant of milk has enabled the nursing mother to prolong the period
of lactation.
The records kept at the Infant Welfare Centres show good
results in the health and general welfare of many infants who
otherwise would have been insufficiently nourished.
Some mothers who, in the Health Visitors' opinion, were not
carrying out their maternal duties in a satisfactory manner, either
through ignorance or carelessness, have been obliged to attend
the Centres in order to obtain milk, with, it is hoped, good results.
SANITARY INSPECTION OF DISTRICT.
The two following reports were made by Dr. P. Caldwell Smith
to the Public Health Committee :—
11th May, 1922.
" I have made a special inspection of the River Wandle and have
to report that little improvement has taken place in its condition.
This is wholly, in my opinion, due to the foul condition of the
Wandle Valley sewage effluent, and until this effluent has been
purified no improvement can be expected.