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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Slaughter-houses 47
Other Premises where Food is Prepared or Offered for Sale 47
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1024 48
Unsound Food 48
Food Poisoning 48
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928 48
The Public Health (Preservatives, etc., in Food) Regulations 40
Margarine 49
Magisterial Proceedings under Food and Drugs (Adulteration)Act, 1928 49
VI.—Infectious Disease.
(a.) Infectious Diseases Generally 50
Diseases notifiable in the Borough 50
Notifications 50
Diphtheria 51
Scarlet Fever 53
Measles 54
Enteric Fever 54
Pneumonia, Malaria and Dysentery 55
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia 55
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 56
Influenza 56
Poliomyelitis and Polio-encephalitis 56
Encephalitis Lethargica 56
Chicken Pox 57
Smallpox and Vaccination 57
Venereal Disease 58
Disinfection 58
Infectious Diseases Shelter 58
Disinfestation 58
(b.) Tuberculosis 59
Notifications and Mortality 59
Cases of Tuberculosis in the Borough 60
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925 61
Chelsea Tuberculosis Scheme 61
Dispensary and Institutional Facilities for Treatment 63
Co-operation with Hospitals and I.C.A.A. 63
Co-operation with School Medical Service 64
Co-operation with Medical Practitioners 64
Home Contacts 64
Artificial Pneumothorax Treatment 64
Home Nursing 64
Extra Nourishment 64
Non-pulmonary Cases 64
Orthopaedic Treatment 64
Dental Treatment 65
Bacteriological Examinations 65
Care and After-care Work 65
VII.—Maternity and Child Welfare.
General Arrangements in the Borough 67
Health Visitors 67
Maternity Nurses'and Mid wives 68
Home Help 69
Home Nursing 70
Clinics and Treatment Centres 71
Ormond Maternity Home 71
Convalescent Home Treatment for Nursing Mothers and Infants 71
Chelsea Branch of the Invalid Children's Aid Association 72
Chelsea Day Nursery 72
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia 73
Other Diseases and Complications of Childbirth 73
Maternal Mortality 73
Ante-natal Work 74
Supply of Milk to Mothers and Young Children 74
Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Acts, 1925 and 1929 75
Appendix.
Report of the Public Analyst for 1929 78