London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1921

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

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92 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE L.

TABLE L.

District.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Outside Borough.Totals.
Public Health Department9230861592172586
London Insurance Committee11244...12
Private Practitioners521742891611362
Charitable Societies12273...15
Transfers from other Dispensaries113477...32
London County Council14121637...70
Existing Dispensary Patients2231540773160
Ministry of Pensions35202931421158
Other Sources14512191091160
Totals2428219437265781555

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Table LI. gives further details of the year's work and shows
how it has increased during the last five years.

Table: TABLE LI.Return showing detail of other Work connected with the Dispensariesduring the last five years.

TABLE LI.

Return showing detail of other Work connected with the Dispensaries

during the last five years.

19171918191919201921
Visits by Tuberculosis Officers to Patients' Homes91151105377
Visits by Nurses at Patients' Homes14821668315835283433
Number of written Reports made8821070187124833156
Cases of difficulty referred to St. Thomas's Hospital1076967160
Number of attendances at which complete examinations were made20322215330831793896

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Table LII. gives particulars with regard to ex-service men
examined at the Dispensaries and the visits made to their homes
by the Dispensary Nurses.