Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Maternity and Child Welfare.
Table XXXIV. gives the full details of the work carried
out at the 12 Centres in the Borough.
3,053 new infants were examined during the year and the
total attendances were 54,230. There were 607 ante-natal cases
and the total attendances made by them was 1,442.
The visits made by the Superintendents of the six Centres
where those officers are appointed by the Centre Committees
were 7,218 to the homes of infants and 716 to ante-natal cases.
No visits are shown in this Table for the other six Centres, where
the Superintendents are Health Visitors, as their visits are included
in Table XXXI. which shews all the work carried out by
the Health Visitors.
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