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Hammersmith 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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INDEX.
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Introduction 2
Staff of the Public Health Department 4
Statistics for the Year 1931 7
Natural and Social Conditions of the District.
Population 8
Marriages 8
Births 8
Deaths 9
Deaths of Infants 9
Chart—Diarrhœa 10
Summer Diarrhœa 11
Hospital Treatment—Zymotic Enteritis 11
Danger from Flies 11
Deaths of Illegitimate Children 11
Infant Mortality for 1932 12
Deaths of Aged Persons 12
Statistics 13
Deaths of Residents 13
Deaths (Various Causes—Table II) (Wards) 16
Table—Whole of London—Comparison 17
Professional Nursing in the Home.
Nursing 18
Midwives 18
Laboratory Facilities 18
General Provision of Health Services in the Borough.
Hospitals (Public) 19
Hospitals (Voluntary) 20
Institutional Treatment for Unmarried Mothers 22
Maternal Mortality 23
Ambulance Facilities 21
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres 25
Clinics and Treatment Centres 25
Day Nurseries 25
School Clinics 26
Tuberculosis Dispensary 26
Rheumatism Advisory Clinic 26
Treatment Centre for Venereal Diseases 27
Sanitary Circumstances of the Borouoh.
Closet Accommodation 27
Scavenging 27
Fouling of Footpaths by Dogs 27
Nuisance by Dogs 27
Penalty28
General Sanitary Administration 28
Inspections 29
Notices 30