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Bermondsey 1946

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1946

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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE— PAGE
Fairby Grange Convalescent Home 28
Premature Children, Illegitimate Children, Home Helps 28
Work of the Health Visitors 30
Attendances at Centres 31
Extracts from Vital Statistics, 1946 32
DENTAL TREATMENT —
Particulars of Children Treated 33
Particulars of Treatment and Work for 1946 34
CONSULTATION AND OTHER CLINICS—
X-ray Department 35
Post-Natal and Special Clinics for Women 35
Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic 36
Heart Clinic 37
Ophthalmic Clinic 37
Foot Clinic 37
PROPAGANDA 38
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION —
Housing 40
Housing Act, 1936 —Overcrowding 41
Eradication of Bed Bugs 41
Inspections and Proceedings 41
Work of the District Inspectors 44
Factories and Workshops—Homework 45
Factories and Workshops—Inspections 46
Bakehouses 47
House, Trade and Market Refuse 47
Offensive Trades 47
Mortuary 47
Street Markets 48
Drainage Work 48
Work of Factories and Shops Inspector 48
FOOD CONTROL-
Imported Food Regulations—Samples taken 49
Unsound Food—Shops and Stalls 56
Milk Premises 56
Milk Licences 56
Milk Sampling 56
Ice Cream 57
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 58
Food and Drugs—Samples Taken 59
Unsound Food —Wharves, etc 62
Work of the Wharves and Food Inspectors 63
HEALTH SERVICES 64