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 Havering]
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CONTENTS
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SECTION I — INTRODUCTION
Committee Members
Staff 2
General Statistics 4
SECTION II — PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICES SECTION
MATERNITY AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICE — 7
INTRODUCTION
Medical Consultation 8
Health Visiting (and Clinic Nursing) 9
Midwifery 9
Congenital Malformations 11
Unmarried Mothers 12
Home Nursing 12
Sickroom Equipment 13
Clinic Services 14
Child Welfare Clinics (including Dental Treatment)
Day Nurseries 16
Nurseries & Child Minders Regulation Act 1948 17
Immunisation and Vaccination 17
PREVENTION OF ILLNESS, CARE & AFTER CARE 18
CHIROPODY 19
NURSING HOMES 21
HOME HELP SERVICE 21
SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE — INTRODUCTION 22
Medical Inspections 23
Screening Tests 24
Treatment Services 25
Minor Ailment Clinics 25
Orthopaedic and Physiotherapy Clinics 26
Speech Therapy Service 26
Chief Dental Officer's Report 29
Handicapped Pupils 31
Recuperative Holidays 35
Handicapped School Leavers 35
Child Guidance Clinic — Raphael House 36
SECTION III — SOCIAL SERVICES
DEPLOYMENT OF SENIOR & FIELDWORK STAFF 46
EMERGENCY SERVICE 47
HANDICAPPED PERSONS — STATISTICS —
GENERAL COMMENTS 47
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