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 1932
[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 16
Hospital Provision 16
Ambulance 18
Clinics 18
Nursing in the Home 21
Laboratory Facilities 22
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 23
Sanitary Inspection 30
Housing Statistics 32
Statistics of Inspections 32
Population Density 36
Consideration of Housing Estates 43
Inspection and Supervision of Food 49
Infectious and Other Diseases 53
Diphtheria 53
Scarlet Fever 57
Measles 62
Tuberculosis 65
Cancer 71
Maternity and Child Welfare 72
Infant Mortality 72
Maternal Mortality 76
Infant Welfare Centres 80
Ante-Natal Services 83