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 Harrow]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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General Statistics (With Tables) 12
Health Services of the Area
Personal Health 21
Care of Mothers and Young Children 21
Day Nurseries 22
Midwifery 22
Home Nursing 23
Health Visiting 24
Vaccination and Immunisation 26
Chiropody 27
Domestic Help 28
School Health and Dental Services 29
Clinics and Treatment Centres in the Area
Child Guidance Centre 32
Chest Clinics 32
Family Planning and Marriage Guidance 32
Hospitals 33
Nursing Homes 36
Establishments for Massage and Special Treatment 37
Provision for Special Classes of Persons 39
The Deprived Child 39
The Mentally 111 and Mentally Sub-normal 39
Persons in need of Care and Attention 40
The Aged 41
Advisory Clinics for the Elderly 42
Laboratory Facilities 43
Ambulance Service 43
Health Education 43
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area
Water 45
Drainage 45
Public Cleansing 46
Swimming Baths 46
Disposal of the Dead 47
Sanitary Inspection
Housing 50
Factories 53
Shops Act 55
Control of Nuisances 56
CLEAN Air 59
Inspection and Supervision of Food 62
Infectious and Other Diseases 68