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Chelsea 1923

Annual report for 1924 of the Medical Officer of Health

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Page
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
Chelsea Day Nursery 5
Maternity Nurse and Midwife 6
Home-help 6—7
Convalescent Homes 7
Supply of Milk at less than cost price 7
Chelsea Branch of I.C.A.A 8
Deaths and Death-rate 8
Birth and Death-rates of Special Classes 8—9
Infant Mortality Rates and Deaths, 1-5 years 9—10
Infectious and other Diseases 10—13
Influenza and Pneumonia 13
Tuberculosis 14
Chelsea Tuberculosis Dispensary 14—15
Tuberculosis Care Committee 16
Cancer 16
Encephalitis Lethargica and Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 17—20
Puerperal Fever and Ophthalmia Neonatorum 20—21
Malaria and Smallpox 21
Nurses' Visits 21
Venereal Disease Diagnosis 22
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 22
Housing of the Working Classes 22—23
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces 23—24
Rats and Mice Destruction Act 24
Cleansing Station for Verminous Children 24
Work of the Public Health Department 25
Summary of Work in 1924 26—28
Magisterial Proceedings p. 3 of cover