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Bermondsey 1942

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1942

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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE— page
Fairby Grange Convalescent Home 27
Child Life Protection 27
Home Helps 27
Work of the Health Visitors 28
Attendances at Centres 29
Extracts from Vital Statistics, 1942 30
DENTAL TREATMENT—
Particulars of Children Treated 31
Particulars of Treatment and Work for 1942 32
CONSULTATION AND OTHER CLINICS—
X-ray Department 33
Post-Natal and Special Clinics for Women 34
Heart Clinic 34
Ophthalmic Clinic 35
Foot Clinic 35
PROPAGANDA 36
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION —
Housing 37
Housing Act, 1936 —Overcrowding 37
Eradication of Bed Bugs 37
Inspections and Proceedings ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 37
Work of the District Inspectors 40
Factories and Workshops —Homework 41
Factories and Workshops —Inspections 42
Bakehouses 43
House, Trade and Market Refuse 43
Offensive Trades 43
Mortuary 43
Street Markets 44
Drainage Work 44
Work of Factories and Shops Inspector 44
FOOD CONTROL—
Imported Food Regulations —Samples taken 45
Unsound Food —Shops and Stalls 45
Milk Premises 46
Milk Licences 46
Milk Sampling 46
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 46
Food and Drugs —Samples Taken 47
Food and Drugs—Prosecutions 48
Unsound Food —Wharves, etc 49
Work of the Wharves and Food Inspectors 50
HEALTH SERVICES 51