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Bermondsey 1939

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1939

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LIGHT TREATMENT, ELECTRO-THERAPY AND MASSAGE —
Work done in the Solarium 32
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE-
Fairby Grange Convalescent Home 33
Midwifery Service 33
Obstetric and Puerperal Fever Consultants 33
Child Life Protection 33
Work of the Health Visitors 34
Attendances at Centres 35
Extracts from Vital Statistics, 1939 36
DENTAL TREATMENT—
Particulars of Children Treated 37
Particulars of Treatment and Work for 1939 38
CONSULTATION AND OTHER CLINICS—
X-ray Department 39
Rheumatism, Children's and Post-Infectious Disease Clinics 39
Post-Natal and Special Clinics for Women 40
Foot Clinic 41
PROPAGANDA 42
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION—
Housing 43
Housing Act, 1936 —Overcrowding 44
Eradication of Bed Bugs 45
Inspections and Proceedings 46
Work of the District Inspectors 49
Factories and Workshops—Homework 50
Factories and Workshops —Inspections 51
Bakehouses 52
House, Trade and Market Refuse 52
Offensive Trades 52
Mortuary 52
Street Markets 53
Drainage Work 53
Work of Factories and Shops Inspector 53
FOOD CONTROL —
Imported Food Regulations—Samples taken 54
Unsound Food —Shops and Stalls 55
Milk Premises 55
Milk Licences 55
Milk Sampling 56
Ice Cream 56
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 57
Food and Drugs—Samples Taken 57
Food and Drugs—Prosecutions 58
Unsound Food —Wharves, etc. 59
Work of the Wharves and Food Inspectors 60
HEALTH SERVICES 61