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Kingston upon Thames 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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ANNUAL REPORT
1944
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
SECTION A
Statistics and Social Conditions.
Page
(i) General Statistics 1
(ii) Social Conditions 1
(iii) Extracts from Vital Statistics 1,2,3
(iv) Causes of death 5
SECTION B
General Provisions of Health Services.
1. (i) Public Health Officers 6
(ii) (a) Laboratory Facilities 6
(b) Ambulance Facilities 6
(c) Nursing: in the Home 7
(d) Clinics and Treatment Centres 8
(e) Hospitals 3
2. Institutional Medical Service Omitted
(Surrey County Council).
3. Maternity and Child Welfare.
(i) (a) Midwifery Service 10
(b) (i) Maternal Mortality 11
(ii) Infant Mortality 12
(iii) Puerperal Pyrexia 13
(ii) (a) Ante-Natal Services 13
(b) Post-Natal Services 14
(c) Infant Welfare Services 15,16
(iii) (a) Institutional Treatment for Mothers and
Children 17
(b) Wartime Nurseries 17
(c) Care of Premature Infants 18
(d) Care of Illegitimate Children 18
(iv) Health Visitors 10
(v) Child Life Protection 20
(vi) (a) Dental Treatment 20
(b) Ophthalmic 21
(c) Artificial Sunlight 22
(d) Tonsils and Adenoids 22
(e) Orthopaedic Treatment 22
(f) Treatment of Scabies 23
(g) Convalescent Treatment 23
(h) (i) Diphtheria Immunisation 23
(ii) Vaccination 23
(vii) Home Helps 23
4. Nursing Homes 24