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 Ilford]
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SECTION V.— OTHER SERVICES.
Bacteriological Laboratory 42
Table of Number of Specimens Examined 43
District Nursing 44
SECTION VI.— HOUSING 44
SECTION VII.— FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
Factories 51
Workshops 51
Table I.— Inspection of Factories, Workshops
and Workplaces 52
,, II.— Defects Found 53
,, III.— Homework 54
,, IV.— Registered Workshops 55
„ V.— Other Matters 55
ISOLATION HOSPITAL 58
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
Notification of Births Acts, 1907 and 1915 69
Infantile Mortality 69
Table IV 71
Work of Health Visitors 72
Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, 1919 72
Supervision of Midwives 73
Infant Welfare Centres 73
Ante-Natal Clinics 75
Dental Clinic 75
Ophthalmic Clinic 76
Treatment of Minor Ailments 76
Maternity Home 76
SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE.
Staff 83
Co-ordination 84
School Medical Service in Relation to Public Elementary
Schools 85
School Hygiene 85
Medical Inspection 85
Findings of Medical Inspection 86
Infectious Disease 88
"Following-up" 92
Medical Treatment:—
Minor Ailments 92
Ophthalmic Department 94
Dental Department 95
Open-air Education 97
Physical Training 97
Provision of Meals 99
School Baths 99