Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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CONTENTS.
General. Page
Introduction 5-6
Committees 1-2
Staff 3-4, 54, 59, 83
Vital Statistics—Summary 9, 18, 19, 123-128
Census—Population 9-10, 123
Births—General Tables 11-12, 18, 19, 123
„ Notification of Births Act 17, 18
„ Births and Deaths Registration Act 12, 18
„ Still and Illegitimate 12, 18
Marriages 12
Deaths—General Tables ; Public Institutions; Senile 13-15, 18-20,
123-125
„ Zymotic 19, 68
„ Infant Mortality 15-17, 18, 20, 126-128
Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme 21-45
Centres—Municipal and Voluntary 21-24, 30-44
Health Visiting Staff and Work 3, 23-24
Day Nursery 21,25
Ambulance Service 25
Hospital Provision; visits re Hospital Treatment 25, 34
Training of Health Visitors 23
Unmarried Mothers (Southwark Diocesan Homes) 21, 26
Invalid Children's Aid Association 21, 28
Home Helps 26
Milk and Dinners for Necessitous Mothers and Children 27-28
Nursing Facilities and Convalescent Treatment 28-29
Test-feeding (St. Thomas's Babies' Hostel) 21, 26, 29
Midwives and Pupil Midwives 28,38
Ante-natal Work 30-38
Reports of Work at Centres 30-34
V.D. Clinic 35-36
Maternal Mortality 35-37, 136
Maternity Hospital, District Midwifery Service and P.N. clinic 38-42
Dental Clinic: Solarium 42-44, 62, 119-120
Infant Life Protection, Foster-mothers 44-45
Infectious Disease 46-70
List of Diseases Notifiable 46
Summary Tables 47, 124
Contacts 46, 48, 60, 114
Incidence of the Notifiable Diseases 46-67, 136
Diphtheria Prophylaxis (Schick Clinic) 49-50
Vaccination: Districts of Public Vaccinators 54
Tuberculosis 47, 55-67, 114-122
Notifications, Deaths and Death-rates 55-58
New Cases 55, 57, 62 63, 116. 117
Non-notification and Delayed Notification 57-58
Shelters for Patients 59
Dispensary—Staff and Work carried out 4, 59-62, 114-122
Artificial Light Treatment 62, 115, 119
Bacteriological and X-Ray Examinations 59, 61, 119
Institutional Treatment 61, 114-115, 118
Artificial Pneumo-thorax Treatment 61, 62, 115
Open-air School (Springwell House) 59, 120
Care Committee 2, 59, 116, 120-122
Dental Treatment 60, 120
Non-dispensary Cases (Males, Females) 62-63
Contacts 60, 114
Regulations 1925 and 1930 64, 65
Revision of Register 64, 67
Zymotic Deaths 19, 68
Bacteriological Examinations 59, 61, 70, 119