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 Woolwich]
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Erysipelas 42
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 42
Anterior Polio-Myelitis 43
Puerperal Fever 43
Influenza, Bronchitis and Pneumonia 44
Tuberculosis—Deaths 44
Notification Statistics 47
Duration of Illness 47
Age and Sex Distribution—Table 47
Visiting 49
Bacteriological Diagnosis 49
Disinfection 50
Hospital and Sanatoxium Treatment 50
Shelters for Consumptives 50
Tuberculosis Dispensary 51
Scheme for Treatment of Tuberculosis 52
Spitting Flasks 52
Tuberculosis Care Committee 52
Cancer—Classification 54
Causes of 56
Alcoholism 60
Syphilis 60
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 61
Part II.—Administration.
Water Supply—Plumstead Well—Houses with no Water Supply
inside the House 62
Tenement Houses 62
Food and Drugs Act—Percentage Milk Adulteration 63
Public Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations, 1912 63
Informal Sampling 65
Food and Patriotism 65
Food Inspection 65
„ Poisoning—Outbreak 65
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milk Shops 66
Slaughterhouses 67
Nuisances—Complaints, Drains, Water-closets 67
House Inspection 67
Medical Officer's Inspections 68
Overcrowding 68