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Chelsea 1923

Annual report for 1923 of the Medical Officer of Health

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Page
Population of Chelsea 3
Births and Birth-rate 4
Notification of Births 4
Maternity and Child Welfare 5
Infant Mortality 5
Work of Health Visitors 5
Ante-Natal and Infant Clinics 6
Chelsea Day Nursery 6
Maternity Nurse and Midwife 6-7
Home-help 7
Supply of Milk at less than cost price 8
Chelsea Branch of I.C.A.A. 8
Deaths and Death-Rate 8
Birth and Death-rates of Special Classes 9
Infant Mortality Rates and Deaths, 1-5 years 10
Infectious Diseases 11
Influenza and Pneumonia 12
Tuberculosis 12
Chelsea Tuberculosis Dispensary 13-14
Cancer 14-16
Encephalitis Lethargica and Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 16
Puerperal Fever and Ophthalmia Neonatorum 16-17
Venereal Disease Diagnosis 17
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 18
Housing of the Working Classes 18-19
Rats and Mice Destruction Act 19
Cleansing Station for Verminous Children 20
Work of the Public Health Department 20
Summary of Work in 1923 21-24
Magisterial Proceedings 25-28