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 7-8
Summary of Services Provided and Facilities for Treatment 9-11
Staff 12-14
Section A.—Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area.
Asbestosis 22-23
Births 15
Deaths 15-22
Deaths, Causes of (Tables) 16,17,18
Employment 23-24
Infant Mortality 17-21
Infant Mortality (Tables) 17,18
Maternal Mortality 21
Neo-Natal Mortality 18
Scales of Assessment 23
Social Conditions 22-26
Social Services 22
Still-births 15
Travelling Facilities 25-26
Unemployment 23-24
Section B.—General Provision of Health Services for the Area.
Adoption of Children (Regulation) Act, 1939 35
Ambulance Facilities 27
Analgesia in Domiciliary Midwifery 33
Ante-Natal Supervision 32
Barking Hospital 30,31,33
Barking Maternity Unit 32,33
Chiropody Clinic 28-29
Clinics and Treatment Centres 28
Dental Inspection and Treatment 40
District Nursing 31-32
Ear, Nose and Throat Services 38
East Barking District Nursing Association 31-32
Emergency Maternity Homes 33-34
Endocrine Clinic 29-30
Evacuation 33-34
Eye Defects 39
Expectant Mothers, Priority Dockets for Sheets 34
Foot Clinics 28-29
Home Helps 34
Home Visiting 34
Hospital Facilities 27-28
Infant Welfare Clinics 34
Maternity and Child Welfare Services 32-36
Midwifery 52-33
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 35