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Bermondsey 1943

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1943

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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, 1943 30
DENTAL TREATMENT—
Particulars of Children Treated 31
Particulars of Treatment and Work for 1943 32
CONSULTATION AND OTHER CLINICS—
X-ray Department 33
Post-Natal and Special Clinics for Women 34
Heart Clinic 34
Ophthalmic Clinic 34
Foot Clinic 34
PROPAGANDA 35
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION—
Housing 36
Housing Act, 1936 —Overcrowding 36
Eradication of Bed Bugs 36
Inspections and Proceedings 36
Work of the District Inspectors 39
Factories and Workshops —Homework 40
Factories and Workshops —Inspections 41
Bakehouses 42
House, Trade and Market Refuse 42
Offensive Trades 42
Mortuary 42
Street Markets 43
Drainage Work 43
Work of Factories and Shops Inspector 43
FOOD CONTROL—
Imported Food Regulations —Samples taken 44
Unsound Food —Shops and Stalls 44
Milk Premises 45
Milk Licences 45
Milk Sampling 45
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 45
Food and Drugs —Samples Taken 46
Food and Drugs—Prosecutions 46
Unsound Food —Wharves, etc 47
Work of the Wharves and Food Inspectors 48
HEALTH SERVICES 49