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Barking 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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STAFF 7-9
INTRODUCTION 11
SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Age Mortality 15-16
Area 12
Births 12—14,21
Births, Notification of 21
Deaths 12—21
Deaths, Causes of (Tables) 15-18
General Statistics 12
Housing 23
Illegitimate Births12,21
Industries 22
Infant Mortality 12-14,18-19
Infant Mortality (Table) 18
Inhabited Houses 12
Inquests 17
Malnutrition 24
Mortality, Epidemics, etc. 20-21
Neo-Natal Mortality 18-19
Population. 12
Post Mortem Examinations 20
Rateable Value 12
Social Conditions 21-24
Still-births 12-14, 21
Travelling Facilities 23-24
Unemployment. 22-23
Vital Statistics 12-14
Zymotic Diseases, Deaths from 16
SECTION B.—GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA.
Ambulance Facilities 26
Ante-Natal Clinics 33-34,38-39, 55
Ante-Natal Supervision 38-39
Artificial Immunisation'35-36,48-49, 56
Artificial Sunlight Clinic 48, 58
Barking (Infectious Diseases) Hospital 26,29-32
Baths for Expectant and Nursing Mothers 55
Birth Control Service ... 37,55
Children and Young Persons Act, 1932 49-50
Clinics and Treatment Centres 27-28, 33-37
Convalescent Treatment 47,55
Dental Clinics 35-36
Dental Surgeon, Report of 65
Dental Treatment 48, 55, 66
Difficult Labour, Consultations in 56
East Barking District Nursing Association 37
Eye Defects 47, 57, 59-60
Foot Clinic 37
Foster Children 49-50
Gynaecological Clinic 33-34, 44, 56
Health Visiting Staff 38
Home Helps 56