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
Chelsea 1921
Annual report for 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Population of Chelsea 3
Births and Birth-Rate 3
Notification of Births 3
Maternity and Child Welfare 4
Infant Mortality 4
Work of Health Visitors 4
Ante-Natal and Infant Clinics 5
Maternity Nurse and Midwife 6
Home-Help 6
Chelsea Day Nursery 7
Chelsea Red Cross Nursing Home for Infants 7
Chelsea Branch of I.C.A.A. 7
The Milk (Mothers and Childrens) Orders 7
Deaths and Death-Rate 8
Birth and Death-Rates of Special Classes 8
Infant Mortality Rates and Deaths, 1-5 years 8
Infectious Diseases 9
Influenza and Pneumonia 12
Tuberculosis 12
Chelsea Tuberculosis Dispensary 13
Cancer and deaths in Asylums 14
Encephalitis Lethargica and Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 14
Puerperal Fever and Ophthalmia Neonatorum 15
Venereal Disease Diagnosis 16
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 16
Housing of the Working Classes 17
Work of the Public Health Department 19
Summary of Work in 1921 20
Magisterial Proceedings 23-24