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
Woolwich 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Tuberculosis—continued. page
Bacteriological Examinations 81
Institutional Treatment 81
Statistics 82
General Administrative Action with regard to Infectious
Diseases 83
Maternity and Child Welfare.
Staff 84
Welfare Centres 84
Treatment 85
Voluntary work in the Borough 85
Home for Ailing Babies 87
The work of the Health Visitors 88
The work of the Centres 91
The needs of the Borough 94
Feeding of Infants 94
Infectious Diseases 97
Puerperal Fever 97
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 97
Measles, Whooping Cough and Polio-myelitis 98
Epidemic Diarrhoea 98
Administrative measures 108
Sanitary Administration.
Sanitary Staff 110
Public Analyst 110
Bacteriological Examinations 110
Housing.
General Housing Conditions 1ll
Shortage of Houses 1ll
Population 112
Government Houses and Hutments 112
Housing Survey 112
Fitness of Houses 112
Overcrowding 112
Results of Survey 113
Unhealthy areas 115
New Houses 116
Appendices 117