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Bermondsey 1940

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1940

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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE—
Fairby Grange Convalescent Home 28
Obstetric ansd Puerperal Fever Consultants 28
Child Life Protection 28
Work of the Health Visitors 29
Attendances at Centres 30
Extracts from Vital Statistics, 1940 31
DENTAL TREATMENT—
Particulars of Children Treated 32
Particulars of Treatment and Work for 1940 33
CONSULTATION AND OTHER CLINICS-
X-ray Department 34
Post-Natal and Special Clinics for Women 35
Foot Clinic 35
PROPAGANDA 36
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION—
Housing 37
Housing Act, 1936 —Overcrowding 37
Eradication of Bed Bugs 37
Inspections and Proceedings 38
Work of the District Inspectors 41
Factories and Workshops—Homework 42
Factories and Workshops—Inspections 43
Bakehouses 44
House, Trade and Market Refuse 44
Offensive Trades 44
Mortuary 44
Street Markets 45
Drainage Work 45
Work of Factories and Shops Inspector 45
FOOD CONTROL—
Imported Food Regulations—Samples taken 46
Unsound Food—Shops and Stalls 46
Milk Premises 47
Milk Licences 47
Milk Sampling 47
Ice Cream 48
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 48
Food and Drugs—Samples Taken 49
Food and Drugs—Prosecutions 49
Unsound Food—Wharves, etc. 50
Work of the Wharves and Food Inspectors 51
HEALTH SERVICES 52