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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Maternity and Child Welfare.
TABLE XXVII.
| Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visits. | Revisits. | |||||||
| No. of Visits to: Infants under 1 year | 854 | 291 | 634 | 543 | 540 | 1158 | 4020 | 6275 |
| Children: 1—2 years | 12 | — | 4 | 6 | — | 9 | 31 | 1797 |
| 2—5 years | 29 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 76 | 1173 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 9 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 21 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | — | — | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | |
| Whooping Cough | 176 | 45 | 131 | 40 | 110 | 201 | 703 | 122 |
| Measles | 134 | 102 | 156 | 88 | 199 | 398 | 1077 | 110 |
| Diarrhœa | 3 | — | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 1 |
| Ante-natal visits | 144 | 23 | 45 | 78 | 32 | 86 | 408 | 109 |
| Supply of milk | 13 | 11 | 5 | 23 | — | 11 | 63 | 3 |
| Miscellaneous | 84 | 62 | 100 | 133 | 38 | 84 | 501 | — |
| Ineffectual | 556 | 307 | 427 | 665 | 279 | 917 | 3151 | — |
| Total visits | 2016 | 850 | 1530 | 1624 | 1216 | 2896 | 10132 | — |
| Re-visits in each sub-district | 2223 | 759 | 1548 | 1588 | 682 | 2815 | — | 9615 |
| Attendances at Welfare Centres | 107 | 159 | 107 | 132 | 149 | 173 | 827 | — |
| Attendances at Ante-natal Centres | 12 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 41 | 49 | 179 | — |
| Health talks to mothers | 41 | 49 | 19 | 52 | 42 | 23 | 226 | — |
| Visit to Crfeches | — | 32 | 41 | - | 53 | 31 | 157 | — |
| Committee meetings | 2 | 16 | — | — | 25 | — | 43 | — |
| Total | 162 | 282 | 195 | 207 | 310 | 276 | 1432 | — |
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