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Woolwich 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Public Health and Housing Committee 3
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee 3
Preface 8
I.—General Statistics.
Social Conditions 11
Population 12
II.—Vital Statistics.
Annual Statistics 15
Births 17
Marriages 19
Deaths 19
Maternal Mortality 27
Child Mortality 30
Infantile Mortality 32
III.—General Provision of Health Services.
Hospitals 38
Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers 39
Ambulance Facilities 39
Clinics and Treatment Centres 40
Staff 42
Professional Nursing in the Home 45
Midwives 46
Chemical Work 46
Bacteriological Examinations 46
Adoptive Acts, Bye-laws and Regulations in force in the Borough 46
Heatlh Week 50
IV.—Sanitary Administration.
staff 53
Complaints 53
Closet Accommodation 53
Scavenging 53
Combined Drains 54