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CONTENTS
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Statistical Summary 3
Introduction 4
Vital Statistics 8
Population 8
Fertility 10
Mortality 12
Infectious Diseases 20
Tuberculosis 25
Recent trends 25
London's tuberculous population 27
Preventive measures 28
Services provided 30
Statistics 36
General Public Health 48
Housing 48
Public health laboratory 49
Milk sampling 49
Sanitary inspection 50
Blind and partially-sighted 50
Registration of nursing homes 52
Welfare committee establishments 53
Care of the chronic sick 54
Welfare of handicapped persons 54
Scientific Branch. 54
Health Service Premises 63
Care of Mothers and Young Children 67
Expectant and nursing mothers 67
Child welfare 69
Marriage guidance 71
Special investigations 72
Day nurseries and occasional creches 73
Unmarried mother and her child 74
Domiciliary Midwifery Service 75
Health Visiting and Nursing Services 79
Home Nursing 80
Domestic Help Service 83
Immunisation and Vaccination 84
London Ambulance Service 86
Prevention of Illness : Care and After
Care 92
Foot clinics 92
Recuperative holidays 92
Venereal disease 93
Health education 93
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Mental Health Services 95
Lunacy and mental treatment
Acts 95
Mental Deficiency Acts 97
Occupation centres 100
Co-operation with general
tioners 102
School Health Service 103
Organisation 103
Medical inspection 103
School meals, milk See. 105
Vision 106
Hygiene inspections 107
Children under five years 109
Audiometer testing 109
Audiology centres 110
Very young deaf children 110
School journeys Ill
Medical treatment 112
Infectious diseases 114
Handicapped pupils 115
Enuresis 117
Juvenile rheumatism 117
Remedial exercise classes 118
Psychiatry 118
Residential schools and homes 120
Bed time for school children 120
Research and investigation 121
Dental Services 121
Staff 125
Finance 130
Visitors to the Department 131
Reports by the Divisional Medical
Officers 132
Appendices
(a) Review of Mortality in this
Century 153
(b) Vital statistics of the County of
London in the years 1901 to
1951 179
(c) Statistical tables 164
(d) Staff of the Department 190
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