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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Housing Act, 1925 95
Underground Sleeping Rooms 97
Houses Let in Lodgings 98
Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts,
1920.1923 99
Tents and Vans 99
New Houses—Water Certificates 99
Council's Housing Scheme 101
VIII.—Infectious Diseases.
Notifications 108
Smallpox 115
Scarlet Fever 115
Diphtheria 118
Enteric Fever 119
Encephalitis Lethargica 121
Cerebrospinal Meningitis 121
Pneumonia 122
Erysipelas, Malaria and Dysentery 124
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia 125
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 126
Anterior Poliomyelitis 127
Zymotic Enteritis 128
Whooping Cough 128
Measles 128
Disinfection and Disinfestation 129
Tuberculosis—
Notifications 130
Deaths 133
The Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 136
1925
Tuberculosis Dispensary—General Reference 136
The Work of the Dispensary 137
Contacts 142
Co.operation with Hospitals, etc. 143
Co.operation with Local Practitioners 144
Co.operation with School Medical Service 144
Home Nursing 144
Provision of Extra Nourishment 144
Dental Treatment 145
Shelters 145
Bacteriological Examinations 145
Institutional Treatment 146
Woolwich Tuberculosis Care Committee 147