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
Bermondsey 1927
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1927
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Unsound Food 34
Milk Premises 34
Milk Licenses 34
Food and Drugs 34
House and Trade Refuse 35
Offensive Trades 35
Disinfection 35
Cleansing of Persons 36
Mortuary 36
Street Markets 36
Overcrowding 37
TUBERCULOSIS-
Tuberculosis Dispensary 43
Light Treatment 46
Levsin Patients 49
Work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary 50
Summary of Notifications 51
Cases on the Register 52
New Cases and Deaths 53
PROPAGANDA 53
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE—
Fairby Grange Convalescent Home 56
Work of the Health Visitors 57
Attendances at Centres 58
DENTAL TREATMENT 59
APPENDIX TABLES—
Vital Statistics of District 66
Causes of Deaths 69
Deaths from Zymotic Diseases 71
Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified 72
Factories and Workshops—Homework 73
Factories and Workshops—Inspections 74
Bakehouses 75
Maternity and Child Welfare 76
Food and Drugs 77
Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations, 1925 81