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 1942
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1942
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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
Population 8
Births 8
Deaths 9
Marriages 9
Infantile Mortality Rates 10
Deaths from Tuberculosis 10
Vital Statistics of District 11
Causes of Death 12
Infantile Mortality, Causes of Deaths 14
INFECTIOUS DISEASES—
Diseases Notifiable 15
Diphtheria Prevention 15
Disinfection 16
Cleansing Station 16
Bacteriological Laboratory 17
Food Poisoning 17
Insulin for Diabetic Patients 17
Nursing 18
Cases Notified in 1942 19
Cases Notified for last ten years 20
TUBERCULOSIS—
New Cases and Deaths 21
Period between Notifications and Deaths 21
Nursing, Extra Nourishment and Shelters 22
Lady Almoner 22
Work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary 23
Summary of Notifications 24
Cases on the Register 25
LIGHT TREATMENT, ELECTRO THERAPY AND MASSAGE—
Work done in the Solarium 26