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CONTENTS.
Chapter I.
REPORT OF THE COUNTY MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1925.
Page
Introductory Note 5
Vital Statistics—
Population—Marriages—Births—Deaths—Infant Mortality 12
Mortality in London 1841-1925 15
Infectious Diseases—
Smallpox 24
Measles—Whooping-cough—Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria 28
Diarrhoea and Enteritis—Cancer 28
Anthrax—Plague and Cholera—Typhus—Cerebro-Spinal Fever—
Poliomyelitis—Polioencephalitis—Encephalitislethargica 29
Influenza 32
Typhoid Fever 37
Bacteriological Work 42
Special investigations 49
Tuberculosis 55
Administration—
Common and Seamen's Lodging Houses—Homeless Persons—Housing
Acts 56
Tuberculosis 58
Venereal Diseases 69
Midwives' Act and Children Act 71
Mental Deficiency Act, 1913 74
Laboratory Work 75
Statistical Tables.—I. Vital Statistics—II. Administrative Work—III.
Tuberculosis Dispensaries 77
Chapter II.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER FOR THE
YEAR 1925.
Page
Introductory Note—Medical Inspection and Treatment—Personal Hygiene
—Infectious Diseases 80
Staff—School Buildings 82
Results of Medical Inspection 83
Infectious Diseases among School Children 91
Ringworm104
Encephalitis Lethargica 106
Following-up and Reinspections 113
Results of Dental Inspection 114
Children absent from School for Long Periods 116