Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction
Staff 8, 9
Section A.—Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area.
Births 11
Deaths 11—14
Deaths, Causes of (Tables) 12, 13
Housing 16, 17
Infant Mortality 13, 14
Infant Mortality (Table) 13
Maternal Mortality 14
Population 16, 17
Post-War Re-development 16
Scales of Assessment 14
Social Conditions 14-17
Still-births 11
Travelling Facilities 15, 16
Unemployment 15
Section B.—General Provision of Health Services for the Area.
Adoption of Children (Regulation) Act, 1939 28
Ambulance Facilities 19, 20
Analagesia in Domiciliary Midwifery 25
Ante-Natal Supervision 24, 25
Barking Hospital 20, 23-26, 31
Castle Green Nursery 29
Circumcision Clinic 27
Clinics and Treatment Centres 21
Clothing Coupons for Expectant Mothers 27
Dental Inspection and Treatment 33
District Nursing 23
Ear, Nose and Throat Services 31
East Barking District Nursing Association 23
Eastbury House Nursery 29
Emergency Medical Services 20
Evacuation 26
Eye Defects 31-33
Foot Clinic 21, 22
Home Helps 26
Home Visiting 27
Hospital Facilities 20
Infant Welfare Clinics 21, 27
Infestation by Head Lice 28, 29