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Wandsworth 1921

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 115
Measles.
126 visits and 18 re-visits were made by the Health Visitors
in respect of measles.
The services of the district nurses were requisitioned in 27
cases (four in Clapham, six in Streatham, 16 in Tooting, and one
in Wandsworth), where bronchitis or pneumonia had set in.
The nurses' visits totalled 293.
Whooping Cough.
467 visits and 51 re-visits were made by the Health Visitors
in cases of whooping cough. In 17 cases (four in Clapham, one
in Putney, one in Streatham, two in Tooting, and nine in Wands
worth), district nurses were called in, and their visits numbered
203.
Epidemic Diarrhœa.
In all the deaths under one year from diarrhoea and enteritis,
special inquiries were made and the following Table shows the
nature of the food given:—

Table: TABLE LXIV.

TABLE LXIV.

I.—Breast-fed only333......9
Do. and cow's milk...1...113
Do and condensed milk...1...1...2
Do. and dried milk...1.........1
2.—Cows' milk only...763219
Do. and food............22
—Condensed milk only...36...110
Do. and dried milk......11...2
Do. and food......1......1
4.—Dried milk only...7151225
Do. and food...1......12
15.—Farinaceous and other foods......1...12
6.—Unknown.........325
Totals42433101283