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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

Bermondsey 1926

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1926

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Unsound Food 22
Milk Premises 22
Milk Licenses 22
Food and Drugs 22
House and Trade Refuse 23
Offensive Trades 23
Disinfection 23
Cleansing of Persons 24
Mortuary 24
Street Markets 24
TUBERCULOSIS-
Tuberculosis Dispensary 26
Light Treatment 29
Leysin Patients 36
Work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary 37
Summary of Notifications 38
Cases on the Register 39
New Cases and Deaths 40
PROPAGANDA 40
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE-
Fairby Grange Convalescent Home 43
Work of the Health Visitors 44
Attendances at Centres 45
DENTAL TREATMENT 46
APPENDIX TABLES-
Vital Statistics of District 50
Causes of Deaths 53
Deaths from Zymotic Diseases 55
Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified 56
Factories and Workshops—Homework 57
Factories and Workshops —Inspections 58
Bakehouses 59
Maternity and Child Welfare 60
Food and Drugs 61
Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations, 1925 64