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 1949

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1949

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT— PAGE
Public Health Committee 4
Fairby Trust Committee 4
Staff 5
VITAL STATISTICS—
Area 7
Population 7
Births 7
Deaths 8
Marriages 8
Infantile Mortality Rates 9
Deaths from Tuberculosis 9
Vital Statistics of District 10
Causes of Death 11
Infantile Mortality, Causes of Deaths 13
Extracts from Vital Statistics, 1949 14
INFECTIOUS DISEASES —
Diseases Notifiable 15
Diphtheria 16
Disinfection 17
Cleansing Station 17
Bacteriological Laboratory 18
Food Poisoning 18
Cases Notified in 1949 19
Cases Notified for last ten years 20
TUBERCULOSIS—
New Cases and Deaths 21
Period between Notifications and Deaths 21
Summary of Notifications 22
Cases on the Register 23
PROPAGANDA 24