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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 1931

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

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Table: Report of the Medical Officer of Health for1931.TABLE XXXI.

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for1931.

TABLE XXXI.

Clapham.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole Borough.
No. of children visited :—
Under 1 year66335852185261310384045
1-2 years141148185915282
2-5 years1235491993819352
Revisits to :—
Infants under 1 year53827448343366714753870
Children 1-2 years37919028322264010722786
Children 2-5 years47428634328493517984120
Total visits to children under Notification of Births Act20801154172721752902541715455
Other visits—:
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1035213648
Measles3066551029147337
Whooping Cough2571041752404726381886
Ante-natal cases2831172211872273441379
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia6—310121748
Miscellaneous9652141129154268840
Ineffectual87740544376491117855185
Total Home Visits36391901277035364710862225178
Attendances at:—
Infant Welfare Centres1741471622132754181389
Ante-natal Centres262434402857209
Committee Meetings317—122548
Health Talks2175589783136470
Visits to Creches—1115—282377