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Hammersmith 1924

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1924

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Prevalence and Control over Infectious Diseases—continued.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 52
Anthrax 52
Hydrophobia 52
Measles—Chart 52
Rabies 53
Glanders 53
Whooping Cough—Chart 53
Chickenpox 54
Pneumonia 54
Malaria 54
Dysentery 54
Trench Fever 54
Influenza 54
Anti-Rabic Treatment 54
Tabular Statement—Zymotic Diseases 57
Wrong Diagnosis 58
Cleansing of Verminous Persons 58
Tuberculosis 58
Tuberculosis Officer's Report 60
Tuberculosis Care Committee 62
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912 and 1921 64
Cancer 70
Exhumation and Re-interment of Bodies 71
Maternity and Child Welfare.
Health Visitors—Work of 72
Feeding of Infants—Statistics 73
Table—Births, Deaths, and Infant Death Rate 73
Chart—Infantile Mortality Rate 74
Maternal Mortality 74
Milk (Mothers and Children) Orders, 1918—1919 78
Maternity Home—Statistics 79
Treatment and Nursing—Children under School Age 81
(a) Operations.. (b) Minor Ailments. (c) Dental Treatment.
Voluntary Work.
Infant Welfare Centres 80
Day Nurseries. 81
Rescue Homes 81
Convalescent Treatment of Invalid Children 81
Infectious Diseases of Mothers, and Children under five years of age-
Tabular Statement 81
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 82
Sanitary Administration.
Bacteriology 82
Disinfection 83
Staff 3, 83
Rent Restrictions Acts 84
Rag Flock Act 84
Public Mortuary 84
Housing.
Housing and Town Planning 84
New Houses—Water Certificates 84
Statistics 85
Meteorology 87