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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VIII.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
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General Reference 105
Milk Supply 105
Meat Supply 107
Registered Premises 110
Other Food Premises 110
Unsound Food 112
Merchandise Marks Act, 1926 112
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Acts 112
Sophistication of Food 113
Adulterated Samples—Action Taken 121
Other Legal Proceedings 123
Nutrition 123
Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food 123
Food Poisoning 123
IX.—MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
General Reference 125
Staff 126
Public Health (London) Act, Part xii 127
The Work of the Health Visitors 127
Infant Life Protection 128
The Work of the Welfare Centres 129
Toddlers' Clinics 134
Artificial Sunlight Clinic 137
Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic 139
Provision of Maternity Outfits 139
Compensation to Midwives 140
Payment of Midwives' Fees 140
Administration of the Public Health (Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations,
1926 140
Obstetric Complications in Private Practice 141
Home Helps 141
Boarding out of Children 141
Expenses of Mothers Breast-feeding their Babies in Hospital 14>
Treatment of Minor Ailments 141
Dental Treatment 142
Orthopaedic Treatment for Children under Five years of Age 143
Provision of Nursing Assistance 144
Children's Beds 144
Institutional Midwifery 145
Ante-Natal Treatment and Emergencies 145
Convalescent Home Treatment for Children under Five years of age 145
Convalescent Home Treatment for Expectant and Nursing Mothers 145
Supply of Milk, etc., to Necessitous Mothers and Children 145
Blind Persons Act, 1920 146
Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act, 1925 146
Salaried Midwives Scheme 146
APPENDIX.
Meteorological Table 147