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 Holborn Borough]
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Maternal and Infant Consultations 73
Breast Massage 73
Pre-School Children 74
Foundling Site Bay Nursery 74
School Entrants 74
Stillbirths 75
Illegitimate Births 75
Dental Treatment 75
Supply of Milk and Food for Mothers and Infants 76
Home Help 76
Convalescent Home Treatment 77
Saffron Hill Maternity and Child Welfare Centre 77
Deaths of Children, One to Five Years 77
Deaths of Infants under One Tear 78
Enteritis, Deaths from 79
Infectious Diseases among Mothers and Children 80
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia 80
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 81
Midwives Acts, 1902 and 1918 82
Whooping Cough 82
Measles 82
Measles Control in Schools 82
German Measles 82
Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years 83
Nursing Arrangements 83
Minor Ailments Clinic 83
Medical Inspection and Treatment of School Children 83
Infant Life Protection 88
Deaths of Children, 5-15 Years 86
Birth Control 87
Health and Baby Week 87
Sanitary Administration
Mortuary 88
Inquests 88
Removal of Aged Persons 88
Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restriction) Acts 89
Nuisances caused by Dogs 89
Nuisance from Pigeons 89
Old BuildingsāDemolition of 89
Children's Country Holiday Fund 90
Propaganda 90
Marking Ink, Alleged Poisoning from 90
APPENDIX
Table I. Vital Statistics, 1932, and ten previous years 91
Table II. Causes of and Ages at Death, 1932 92
Table III. Infectious Diseases Notified during 1932 93
Table IV. Information required by LCC 94
Table V. Factories, Workshops, &c
(1) Inspections 95
(2) Defects found 95
(3) Home Work 96
(4) Registered Workshops 97
(5) Other Matters 97
Legal Proceedings 98
Ambulance Service (see inside of back cover)
List of Notifiable Diseases (see back of cover)