London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Bermondsey 1948

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1948

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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE— PAGE
Fairby Grange Convalescent Home 29
Home Helps 29
Work of the Health Visitors 30
Attendances at Centres 31
Extracts from Vital Statistics, 1948 32
DENTAL TREATMENT—
Particulars of Children Treated 33
Particulars of Treatment and Work for 1948 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 36
Ophthalmic Clinic 36
Pædiatric Clinic 36
Foot Clinic 36
PROPAGANDA 37
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION—
Housing 38
Housing Act, 1936 —Overcrowding 38
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
Burial of the Dead 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
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 53
Milk Premises 53
Milk Licences 53
Milk Sampling 53
Ice Cream 54
Food and Drugs—Samples Taken 56
Unsound Food—Wharves, etc 58
Work of the Wharves and Food Inspectors 60