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 1950
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1950
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT— PAGE
Public Health Committee 4
Staff 4
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, 1950 14
INFECTIOUS DISEASES—
Diseases Notifiable 15
Disinfection 17
Cleansing Station 17
Bacteriological Laboratory 18
Food Poisoning 18
Cases Notified in 1950 19
Cases Notified for last ten years 20
TUBERCULOSIS —
New Cases and Deaths 21
Notification Register 21
Summary of Notifications 22
PROPAGANDA 23