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Bermondsey 1938

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1938

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LIGHT TREATMENT, ELECTRO-THERAPY AND MASSAGE-
Work done in the Solarium 34
Leysin Patients 35
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE-
Fairby Grange Convalescent Home 36
Midwifery Service 37
Obstetric and Puerperal Fever Consultants 37
Child Life Protection 37
Maternal Mortality 37
Work of the Health Visitors 38
Attendances at Centres 39
Extracts from Vital Statistics, 1938 40
DENTAL TREATMENT—
Particulars of Children Treated 41
Particulars of Treatment and Work for 1938 42
CONSULTATION AND OTHER CLINICS-
X-ray Department 43
Post-Infectious Disease Clinic 43
Post-Natal and Special Clinics for Women 44
Children's Clinic 45
Rheumatism Clinic 46
Foot Clinic 48
PROPAGANDA 49
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION-
Housing 50
Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding 52
Eradication of Bed Bugs 53
Inspections and Proceedings 53
Work of the District Inspectors 58
Factories and Workshops—Homework 59
Factories and Workshops—Inspections 60
Bakehouses 61
House, Trade and Market Refuse 61
Offensive Trades 61
Mortuary
Street Markets 62
Drainage Work 62
Work of Factories and Shops Inspector 62
FOOD CONTROL-
Imported Food Regulations—Samples taken 63
Unsound Food—Shops and Stalls 70
Work of the Wharves and Food Inspectors 71
Milk Premises 72
Milk Licences 72
Milk Sampling 72
Ice Cream 73
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 74
Food and Drugs—Samples Taken 75
Food and Drugs—Prosecutions 8 1
Unsound Food—Wharves, etc. 82
HEALTH SERVICES 88