London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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CONTENTS.
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Public Health and Maternity and Child Welfare Committees iii
Introduction iv
Staff of Public Health Department 1
Section A—Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area 2-17
Section B—General Provision of Public Health Services—including Maternity
and Child Welfare 18-43
Section C—Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 44-60
Section D—Housing 61-72
Section E—Inspection and Supervision of Food and Drugs 73-83
Section F—Prevalence and Control over Infectious and other Diseases 84-111
Appendix 112-114
Index 115-119
STATISTICAL TABLES.
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Bacteriological Examinations 95
Births and Birth Rates 2, 4, 5
Cancer 12
Deaths and Death Rates 2, 3, 5-16
Diphtheria 87
Factories 57, 58
Food and Drugs 73-76, 81-83
Health Visitors, Work of 23, 24
Housing 69-71
Infant Mortality 6, 7, 8
Infectious Diseases 9-11,89-94
Maternal Mortality 32, 33, 34
Overcrowding 72
Population 2, 3
Rats and Mice Destruction 50
Sanitary Inspectors, Work of 46
Statistical Summary 2, 3
Tuberculosis 12, 13, 97-103