Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1929
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Public Health, Maternity and Child Welfare Committee 2
Housing Committee 2
Milk and Welfare Sub-Committee 2
Preface 5
I.—Natural and Social Conditions of the Borough.
General Statistics 7
Physical Features and General Character of the Area 7
Social Conditions, including Chief Occupations of the Inhabitants 7
Vital Statistics 8
(a.) Births 8
(b.) Marriages 10
(c.) Deaths 11
(d.) Deaths of Children, 1-5 years of age 16
(e.) Infant Mortality 16
(/.) Illegitimate Deaths 18
Poor Law Relief in the Borough 18
Utilization of Hospital and other forms of Gratuitous Medical Relief 18
Causes of Sickness in the Borough 19
II.—Provision of Health Services in the Borough.
Hospitals 20
Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers 20
Ambulance Facilities 20
Clinics and Treatment Centres 20
(a.) Chelsea Health Society and School for Mothers 20
(b.) Chelsea Day Nursery 21
(c.) Chelsea Tuberculosis Dispensary 21
(d.) Invalid Children's Aid Association 22
(e.) The Babies'Club 22
(/.) Charity Organisation Society .22
Public Health Officers of the Borough Council 23
Nursing Arrangements 25
(a.) Professional Nursing in the Home 25
(6.) Midwives 25
Laboratory Work 26
Public Health Legislation in Force in the Borough 26
III.—Sanitary Circumstances and Administration.
Complaints 28
Closet Accommodation 28
Removal and Disposal of Refuse 28
Sanitary Inspection of the Borough 28
Magisterial Proceedings under Public Health (London) Act, 1891 31
Smoke Abatement 32
Fouling of Foot-paths by Dogs 32
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act 32
Pigeons, Nuisance caused by 33
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces 33
Public Mortuary 35
Rag Flock Act 36
Offensive Trades 36
IV.—Housing.
Housing Statistics 37
Housing Staff 38
General Housing Conditions in the Borough 38
Overcrowding 41
Fitness of Houses 42
Unhealthy Areas 44
By-laws relating to Houses and Houses Let in Lodgings 44
Housing Survey 44
V.—Inspection and Supervision of Food.
Milk Supply 45
Ice-cream Vendors 46
Fried Fish Vendors 47
Bakehouses 47