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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Members of the Council and Committee 7
Officers of the Public Health Services 8
General Statistics 10
General Provision of Health Services for
the Area 15
Hospital Provision 15
Ambulance 18
Clinics 20
Nursing in the Home 23
Laboratory Facilities 25
Legislation in Force 26
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 28
Disinfection 33
Sanitary Inspection 37
Housing Statistics 39
Statistics of Inspections 39
Inspection and Supervision of Food 45
Infectious and Other Diseases 52
Diphtheria 53
Scarlet Fever 61
Tuberculosis 66
Cancer 70
Maternity and Child Welfare 71
Infant Mortality 71
Maternal Mortality 74
Infant Welfare Centres 76
Ante-Natal Services 81