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Bermondsey 1947

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1947

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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE— PAGE
Fairby Grange Convalescent Home 27
Premature Children, Illegitimate Children, Home Helps 27
Work of the Health Visitors 29
Attendances at Centres 30
Extracts from Vital Statistics, 1947 31
DENTAL TREATMENT —
Particulars of Children Treated 32
Particulars of Treatment and Work for 1947 33
CONSULTATION AND OTHER CLINICS—
X-ray Department 34
Post-Natal and Special Clinics for Women 34
Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic 35
Heart Clinic 35
Ophthalmic Clinic 35
Foot Clinic 35
PROPAGANDA 36
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION—
Housing 38
Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding 39
Eradication of Bed Bugs 39
Inspections and Proceedings 39
Work of the District Inspectors 42
Factories and Workshops—Homework 43
Factories and Workshops—Inspections 44
Bakehouses 45
House, Trade and Market Refuse 45
Offensive Trades 45
Mortuary 45
Street Markets 46
Drainage Work 46
Work of Factories and Shops Inspector 46
Rodent Control 47
FOOD CONTROL—
Imported Food Regulations —Samples taken 48
Unsound Food —Shops and Stalls 52
Milk Premises 52
Milk Licences 52
Milk Sampling 52
Ice Cream 53
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 55
Food and Drugs—Samples Taken 56
Unsound Food—Wharves, etc. 58
Work of the Wharves and Food Inspectors 59
Water Analysis of Private Wells 60
HEALTH SERVICES 61