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
Wembley 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Tuberculosis 13
Ophthalmia neonatorum (15)
others (22) 37
Puerperal pyrexia 12
Scarlet fever 2
Pemphigus neonatorum l
Dysentery 2
Epidemic diarrhoea 1
Scabies 320
Re Day Nursery children 619
Home Help supervision 167
Daily minders 9
Be stillbirths 48
Be verminous conditions 98
Impetigo, etc. 34
Be adoption of children 43
Evacuation 30
Defaulting re treatment advised 37
General—e.g., infantile deaths, premature
babies, home conditions, negligent care 70
Child Life Protection.
Visits by Health Visitors—
To foster children 417
To foster parents 355
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At the end of the year there were on the register—
Foster children 26
Foster parents 21
Adoption of Children (Regulation) Act, 1939.
Number of notifications received under Section 7 (3) 9
Number of visits to children proposed for adoption 41
Number of children received for proposed adoption 12
RushclifTe Report—Nurses'Salaries, etc.
This Report was sent to Local Authorities along with Ministry
of Health Circular No. 2893, stating that the Minister welcomed
these new recommendations as to salaries, emoluments and
conditions of service of nurses employed in certain services (including
health visitors and State-registered nurses in residential
and day nurseries). The Council adopted the recommendations
of the Report entirely. It deals with remuneration, uniform,
transport, leave—annual and sicla—and post-certificate leave.
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