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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
Hammersmith 1926
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1926
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INDEX.
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Introduction 2
Statistics for the Year 1926 4
Natural and Social Conditions of the District.
Population 4
Marriages 5
Births 6
Chart—Diarrhœa 6
Deaths 7
Deaths of Infants 7
Summer Diarrhoea 7
Hospital Treatment—Zymotic Enteritis 7
Danger from Flies 7
Deaths of Illegitimate Children 8
Infantile Mortality (Table III) 8
Deaths of Aged Persons 8
Statistics (Table I) 9
Deaths in Institutions 9
Deaths (Various Causes—Table II) 11
Table—Whole of London—Comparison 12
General Provision of Health Services in the Borough.
Hospitals 13
Institutional Treatment for Unmarried Mothers 13
Ambulance Facilities 13
Clinics and Treatment Centres 13
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres 14
Attendance at Infant Welfare Centres 14
Day Nurseries 15
School Clinics 15
Tuberculosis Dispensary 15
Treatment Centre for Venereal Diseases 15
Staff of the Public Health Department 16
Professional Nursing in the Home 17
General 17
Infectious Diseases 18
Midwives 18
Chemical Work 18