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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 1935
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1935
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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 Rates 10
Deaths from Tuberculosis 10
Vital Statistics of District 11
Causes of Deaths 14
Deaths from Zymotic Diseases 16
Infantile Mortality, Causes of Deaths 17
INFECTIOUS DISEASES—
Diseases Notifiable 18
Diphtheria 18
Scarlet Fever 19
Small Pox 19
Measles 19
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 19
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia 20
Disinfection 20
Cleansing Station 21
Shelter 21
Bacteriological Laboratory 21
Food Poisoning 22
Foot Clinic 22
Insulin for Diabetic Patients 23
Nursing 24
Cases Notified in 1935 25
Cases Notified for last ten years 26
TUBERCULOSIS—
New Cases and Deaths 27
Period between Notifications and Deaths 27
Nursing and Extra Nourishment 36
Shelters 36
Lady Almoner 37