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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
Bromley 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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CONTENTS.
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Members of the Health Committee 7
Staff 7
Prefatory Letter 9
Section A. Vital and Other Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area.
Vital Statistics 14
Population 15
Births 15
Illegitimate Births 15
Stillbirths 16
Deaths 16
Maternal Mortality 17
Infantile Mortality 17
Unemployment 17
Meteorological Conditions 18
Open Air Recreational Amenities 18
Section B. General Provision of Health Services for the Area.
Nursing Homes 22
Hospitals 22
Home Nursing Service 22
Health Visiting 23
Domiciliary Midwifery 23
Womens' Welfare Clinic 23
Day Nurseries 23
Domestic Help Service 24
Ambulance Facilities 24
Venereal Diseases 24
Laboratory Services 24
Medical Loan Depots 24
Clinics, Child Welfare Centres, etc. 25
Care of the Aged 26
Old People's Homes 30
Section C. Sanitary and Environmental Circumstances.
Water Supply 36
Drainage and Sewerage 37
Cesspools 37
Rivers, Streams and Lakes 37
Swimming Baths and Pools 38
Public Cleansing and Refuse Collection 38
Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948 38
Sanitary Inspection of the Area 39
Smoke Abatement 39
Shops Act, 1950 40
Petroleum Acts 40
Verminous Conditions and Uncleanliness 40
Rodent Control 41
Diseases of Animals Acts 42
Registries for Female Domestic Servants 42
Retail Market 43
Section D, Housing.
Rehousing 46
Housing Inspections and Abatements 47