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 1948
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1948
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT—
Public Health Committee 4
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee 4
Fairby Trust Committee 5
Staff 5
VITAL STATISTICS—
Area 9
Population 9
Births 9
Deaths 10
Marriages 10
Infantile Mortality Rates 11
Deaths from Tuberculosis 11
Vital Statistics of District 12
Causes of Death 13
Infantile Mortality, Causes of Deaths 15
INFECTIOUS DISEASES—
Diseases Notifiable 16
Diphtheria Prevention 17
Disinfection 18
Cleansing Station 18
Bacteriological Laboratory 19
Food Poisoning 19
Insulin for Diabetic Patients 19
Vaccination 19
Nursing 20
Cases Notified in 1948 21
Cases Notified for last ten years 22
TUBERCULOSIS—
New Cases and Deaths 23
Period between Notifications and Deaths 23
Nursing, Extra Nourishment and Shelters 24
Tuberculosis Allowances 24
Work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary 25
Summary of Notifications 26
Cases on the Register 27
LIGHT TREATMENT, ELECTRO-THERAPY AND MASSAGE—
Work done in the Solarium 28