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Hammersmith 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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INDEX.
Page
Introduction 2
Statistics fob the Year 1927 4
Natural and Social Conditions of the District.
Population 1
Marriages 5
Births 5
Chart—Diarrhoea 6
Deaths 7
Deaths of Infants 7
Summer Diarrhoea 7
Hospital Treatment—Zymotic Enteritis 7
Danger from Flies 7
Deaths of Illegitimate Children 8
Infantile Mortality (Table III) 8
Deaths of Aged Persons 8
Statistics (Table I) 9
Deaths in Institutions 10
Deaths (Various Causes—Table II) 12
Table—Whole of London—Comparison 13
General Provision of Health Services in the Borough.
Hospitals 11
Institutional Treatment for Unmarried Mothers 11
Ambulance Facilities 15
Clinics and Treatment Centres 15
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres 15
Attendance at Infant Welfare Centres 16
Day Nurseries 16
School Clinics 17
Tuberculosis Dispensary 17
Treatment Centre for Venereal Diseases 17
Staff of the Public Health Department 17
Professional Nursing in the Home 19
General 19
Infectious Diseases 19
Midwives 19
Chemical Work 19