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
Wandsworth 1860
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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sickness, plainly shows the way in which our efforts should be directed,
in order to work out that most important of social problems—how
best to secure the successful intervention of the science of preventive
medicine.
R. HARLAND WHITEMAN,
Medical Officer of Health for Putney, and Chairman of the Associated
Health Officers of the Wandsworth District.