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Hammersmith 1923

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1923

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Prevalence and Control over Infectious Diseases—continued.
Typhus Fever 67
Relapsing. Fever 67
Continued Fever 67
Puerperal Fever 67
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis 68
Acute Polio-myelitis 68
Encephalitis Lethargica 68
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 68
Anthrax 68
Hydrophobia 68
Rabies 68
Glanders 69
Measles—Chart 69
Whooping Cough—Chart 70
Chickenpox 71
Pneumonia 71
Malaria 71
Dysentery 71
Trench Fever 71
Influenza 71
Tabular Statement—Zymotic Diseases 72
Wrong Diagnosis 73
Cleansing of Verminous Persons 73
Tuberculosis 73
Tuberculosis Dispensary 75
Tuberculosis Care Committee 77
Cancer 80
Exhumation and Reinterment of Bodies 81
Maternity and Child Welfare.
Health Visitors—Work of 82
Feeding of Infants—Statistics 83
Health Visitors- Table of Comparison for London 86
Milk (Mothers and Children) Orders, 1918—1919 87
Maternity Home—Statistics 88
Treatment and Nursing—Children under School Age 91
(a) Operations. (b) Minor Ailments. (c) Dental Treatment
Voluntary Work.
Infant Welfare Centres 90
Day Nurseries 91
Rescue Homes 91
Convalescent Treatment of Invalid Children 91
Infectious Diseases of Mothers, and Children under five years of
age—Tabular Statement 92
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 92
Sanitary Administration.
Bacteriology 93
Disinfection 93
Staff 3-94
Rent Restrictions Acts 94
Rag Flock Act 95
Public Mortuary 95
Housing.
Housing and Town Planning 96
New Houses—Water Certificates 96
Statistics 96
Meteorology 97