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
Hammersmith 1926
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1926
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Prrvalence and Control over Infectious Diseases—continued.
Disinfection 92
Tuberculosis 92
Tuberculosis Officer's Report 95
Tuberculosis Dispensary 95
Institutional Treatment 96
Clinical Reports 96
Home Visitation 97
Tuberculosis Care Committee 97
Cancer 99
Exhumation and Re-interment of Bodies 100
Health Week 101
Maternity and Child Welfare
Statistics 101
Health Visitors—Work of101
Feeding of Infants—Statistics 102
Table—Births, Deaths, and Infant Death Rate 103
Chart—Infantile Mortality Rate 104
Maternal Mortality 104
Milk (Mothers and Children) Orders, 1918-1919 104
"Parkside" Maternity Home—Statistics 105
Voluntary Work.
Infant Welfare Centres 108
Day Nurseries 109
Rescue Homes 109
Convalescent Treatment of Invalid Children 109
Treatment and Nursing—Children under School Age 109
(a) Operations. (b) Minor Ailments, (c) Dental Treatment.
Infectious Diseases of Mothers, and Children under five years of
age—Tabular Statement 110
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 110
Sanitary Administration.
Staff 110
Rent Restrictions Acts 111
Rag Flock Act 111
Public Mortuary 111
Meteorology 111