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
St Pancras 1916
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916
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CONTENTS.
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Public Health Committee 6
Introduction 7
Part I.—General Statistics—
Population 9
Marriages 9
Births 10
Illegitimacy 10
Notification of Births Act, 1907 10
Deaths 12
Mortality of Soldiers and Sailors 12
Infantile Mortality 12
Infectious Diseases 14
Part II.—Special, Subjects—
Maternity and Infant Welfare 17
Borough Health Visitors 17
Voluntary Maternity and Infant Welfare Centres 19
Midwifery 20
Infantile Diarrhœa 21
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 21
Puerperal Fever 22
Tuberculosis 23
Work Done 26
Treatment of Tuberculosis 27
Scarlet Fever 28
Diphtheria 29
Typhoid Fever 30
Anterior Poliomyelitis 32
Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis 32
Measles and German Measles 33
Anthrax 39