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CONTENTS
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Introduction 3
Vital Statistics 4
Population 4
Fertility 5
Mortality 7
Infectious diseases 16
General Public Health 23
Housing 23
Tuberculous milk 24
Sanitary inspection 25
Blind persons 25
Registration of nursing homes 26
Welfare Committee establishments 27
Chronic sick 27
Chemical Branch 28
Special Survey of Health Services 35
Health Service Premises 42
Care of Mothers and Young Children 50
Expectant and nursing mothers 50
Child welfare 52
Premature infants 53
Marriage guidance 55
Day nurseries 55
Children neglected or ill-treated
in their own homes 57
Unmarried mother and her child 58
Domiciliary Midwifery Service 60
Health Visiting and Nursing Services 68
Home Nursing 73
Domestic Help Service 78
Immunisation and Vaccination 80
London Ambulance Service 83
Prevention of Illness: Care and After
Care 90
Tuberculosis 90
Foot clinics 97
Venereal disease 97
Recuperative holidays 98
Health education 99
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Mental Health Service. 104
Staff 104
Co-ordination 105
Voluntary associations 106
Prevention of illness 106
Lunacy and Mental Treatment
Acts 107
Mental Deficiency Acts 109
School Health Service 115
Organisation 115
Medical inspections 116
Medical treatment 120
Audiology centres 123
Bathing centres 124
Infectious diseases 124
Rheumatism scheme 125
Psychiatry 126
Speech therapy 128
Remedial exercise classes 129
Handicapped children 129
Epileptic children 129
Diabetic children 130
Children under five years 130
Dental services 131
Staff 135
Special investigations 136
Finance ,, 138
Visitors to the Department 139
Reports by the Divisional Medical
Officers 140
Appendix 151
(a) Deaths and Sickness in London,
December, 1952 151
(b) Poliomyelitis and inoculations 163
(c) Statistical tables 172
(d) Staff of the department 192
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