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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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44 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XXIII.
| Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visits. | Revisits. | |||||||
| No. of Visits to: | ||||||||
| Infants under 1 year | 851 | 367 | 592 | 709 | 522 | 1282 | 4323 | 4102 |
| Children; | ||||||||
| 1—2 years | — | 22 | 4 | 42 | — | 4 | 72 | 1097 |
| 2—5 years | - | 50 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 76 | 1129 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 1 | — | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 6 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 52 | 31 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | — | 10 | 21 | 18 |
| Whooping Cough | 47 | 43 | 72 | 56 | 62 | 395 | 675 | 67 |
| Measles | 147 | 27 | 157 | 170 | 194 | 365 | 1060 | 27 |
| Diarrhoea | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | — |
| Ante-natal visits | 169 | 56 | 177 | 101 | 120 | 244 | 867 | 25 |
| Supply of milk | 14 | 31 | 35 | 49 | 2 | 44 | 175 | — |
| Miscellaneous | 163 | 38 | 139 | 128 | 41 | 131 | 630 | — |
| Ineffectual | 410 | 404 | 469 | 394 | 290 | 564 | 2531 | — |
| Total visits | 1825 | 1041 | 1645 | 1690 | 1260 | 3060 | 10521 | — |
| Re-visits in each sub-district | 1130 | 608 | 1141 | 830 | 469 | 2324 | — | 6502 |
| Attendances at Welfare Centres | 91 | 107 | 98 | 98 | 115 | 164 | 673 | |
| Attendances at Ante-natal Centres | 14 | 26 | 34 | 29 | 35 | 52 | 190 | __ |
| Health talks to mothers | 37 | 15 | 8 | 31 | 35 | 15 | 141 | — |
| Visits to Creches | — | 18 | 14 | — | 40 | 25 | 97 | — |
| Committee meetings | — | 21 | — | — | 29 | 3 | 53 | — |
| Total | 142 | 187 | 154 | 158 | 254 | 259 | 1154 | — |