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Walthamstow 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Section A.—Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area 8
,, B.—General Provision of Health Services in the Area 13
C.—Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 19
,, D.—Housing 28
,, E.—Inspection and Supervision of Food 38
,, F.—Prevalence of and Control over Infectious Disease 44
,, G.—Infectious Disease Hospital 63
,, H.—Maternity and Child Welfare 72
,, I.—Thorpe Coombe Maternity Hospital 102
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Abortion 100
Acreage 8
Adulteration 41
Air Raid Precautions 71
Albuminuria 108
Ambulance 13
Anaesthesia and Analgesia 117
Ante-Natal Clinic 84, 105
Antitoxin 55
Bacteriological Analyses 41
Bakehouses 24
Births 9
,, Notification of 77
,, Registration of 77
Birth-Rate 9
Breech Delivery 112
Breast Feeding 82
Brookfield Hospital 88
Caesarean Section 116
Cancer 12
Caravans 25
Oerebro-Spinal Meningitis 59
Child Guidance 90
Child Welfare 81
Child Life Protection 85
Clearance Area 32
Clinics 14, 81, 84, 86, 105, 124
Closet Accommodation 20
Committees 4, 73
Comparability Factor 10
Compensation (Midwives) 97
Connaught Hospital 17
Consultants 75, 95
Cowsheds 25
Cremation 69
Dampness 23
Deaths 9,12
,, Infant 80, 119
,, Infectious Diseases 11
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Death Rate 9
Dental Treatment 89
Diarrhœa 9
Dick Tests 51
Diphtheria 54, 66
,, Immunisation 48
Diseases of Animals Acts 41
Disinfection 23
Disinfestation 27, 37
District Midwifery 97
Drainage 20
Dysentery 56
Eclampsia 108
Emergency Unit 104
Encephalitis Lethargica 59
Enteric Fever 55
Erysipelas 58
Essex Public Medical Service 18
,, County Council Act 19
Factories and Workshops 42
Fishmongers 24
Food and Drugs 41
Foot Clinic 14
Forceps Delivery 110
Hæmorrhage—
Ante-Partum 109
Post-Partum 109, 117
Health Education 69
,, Visitors 75
Home Helps 92
Hospital Accommodation 17,93
,, Infectious Disease 63
,, Smallpox 53
House-to-House Inspection 31
Housing 28
Act, 1936 30
,, Conditions 35
,, Inspection 29
,, Tuberculous Cases 35