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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XXVII.
| Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visits. | Revisits. | |||||||
| No. of Visits to: Infants under 1 year | 1149 | 386 | 723 | 600 | 615 | 1585 | 5058 | 5728 |
| Children: 1—2 years | 13 | — | 3 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 1587 |
| 2—5 years | 12 | — | — | 25 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 1505 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 48 | 49 |
| Pneumonia | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| Whooping Cough | 207 | 150 | 105 | 171 | 117 | 566 | 1316 | 170 |
| Measles | 49 | 3 | 16 | 71 | 16 | 30 | 185 | 3 |
| Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 2 |
| Ante-natal visits | 230 | 28 | 103 | 97 | 64 | 171 | 693 | 417 |
| Supply of milk | 2 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 42 | 79 | — |
| Miscellaneous | 106 | 41 | 57 | 121 | 46 | 93 | 464 | — |
| Ineffectual | 684 | 355 | 435 | 718 | 348 | 911 | 3451 | — |
| Total visits | 2463 | 990 | 1462 | 1847 | 1224 | 3426 | 11412 | — |
| Re-visits in each sub-district | 2209 | 660 | 1730 | 1558 | 597 | 2720 | — | 9474 |
| Attendances at Welfare Centres | 146 | 173 | 124 | 143 | 168 | 207 | 961 | - |
| Attendances at Ante-natal Centres | 13 | 30 | 54 | 41 | 56 | 58 | 252 | — |
| Health talks to mothers | 52 | 20 | 33 | 56 | 58 | 34 | 253 | — |
| Visit to Creches | — | 16 | 32 | — | 46 | 28 | 122 | — |
| Committee meetings | 1 | 15 | — | — | 33 | 5 | 54 | — |
| Total | 212 | 254 | 243 | 240 | 361 | 332 | 1642 | — |