London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Dagenham 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Officers of the Public Health Services 6
General Statistics 8
General Provision of Health Services for the Area 12
Hospital Provision 12
Ambulance 15
Clinics 18
Nursing in the Home 20
Laboratory Facilities 20
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 22
Sanitary Inspection 26
Housing Statistics 27
Inspection and Supervision of Food 30
Infectious Diseases 34
Diphtheria 34
Scarlet Fever 41
Smallpox 45
Tuberculosis 48
Maternity and Child Welfare 57
Infant Mortality 58
Maternal Mortality 60
Infant Welfare Centres 62
Ante-natal Services 65