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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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CONTENTS.
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Foreword 1
Civil Defence Services 3
Statistics and Social Conditions 5
Vital Statistics 6, 12
Staff of the Health Department 7
Infective Diseases 16
Disinfection: Bacteriological examinations ;
Nursing Services ; Ambulance Service.
Non-Infective Diseases 21
Inquests.
Immunisation against Diphtheria 22
Tuberculosis 26
Cases ; Deaths ; Dispensaries i Care Committee.
Maternity and Child Welfare 34
Including the work of the Health Visitors.
Sanitary Supervision of the Borough 44
Work of the Sanitary Inspectors ; House refuse ;
Vermin ; Rats and Mice ; Mortuaries ; Crematorium.
Housing 50
Slum Clearance ; Overcrowding.
The Supervision of Food 53
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.
Factories and Workshops 58
Police Court Proceedings 61
Report of the Public Analyst 62