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
Chelsea 1920
Annual report for 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Population of Chelsea 3
Births and Birth-Rate 3
Notification of Births 3
Maternity and Child Welfare 4
Infant Mortality 4
Work of Health Visitors 5
Ante-Natal and Infant Clinics 5
Maternity Nurse and Midwife 6
Home-Help 6
Chelsea Day Nursery 6
Chelsea Red Cross Nursing Home for Infants 6
Chelsea Branch of I.C.A.A. 7
The Milk (Mothers and Childrens) Orders 7
Deaths and Death-Rate 8
Birth and Death-Rates of Special Classes 8
Infant Mortality Rates and Deaths, 1-5 years 9
Infectious Diseases 10
Influenza and Pneumonia 11
Tuberculosis 12
Chelsea Tuberculosis Dispensary 12
Encephalitis Lethargica and Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 13
Puerperal Fever and Ophthalmia Neonatorum 14
Venereal Disease diagnosis 14
Housing of the Working Classes 14
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 15
Work of the Public Health Department 16
Summary of Work in 1920 17-19
Magisterial Proceedings 20-22