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 1932
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1932
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT— PAGE
Public Health Committee 4
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee 4
Staff 5
VITAL STATISTICS-
Area 8
Dwellings 8
Rateable Value 8
Population 8
Births 8
Deaths 9
Marriages 9
Infantile Mortality 10
Deaths from Tuberculosis 10
Vital Statistics of District 11
Causes of Deaths 14
Deaths from Zymotic Diseases 16
INFECTIOUS DISEASES—
Diseases Notifiable 17
Diphtheria 17
Scarlet Fever 17
Small Pox 18
Measles 18
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 18
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia 18
Disinfection 19
Cleansing Station 19
Shelter 20
Bacteriological Laboratory 20
Food Poisoning 21
Foot Clinic 21
Nursing 22
Cases Notified in 1932 23
Cases Notified for last ten years 24
TUBERCULOSIS—
New Cases and Deaths 25
Period between Notifications and Deaths 25
Nursing and Extra Nourishment 28
Shelters 29
Lady Almoner 29