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Walthamstow 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Section A.—Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area 16
Section B.—General Provision of Health Services in the Area 20
Section C.—Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 26
Section D.—Housing 31
Section E.—Inspection and Supervision of Food 36
Section F.—Prevalence and Control over Infectious Diseases 47
Section G.—Infectious Diseases Hospital 63
Section H.—Maternity and Child Welfare 66
Section I.—Thorpe Coombe Maternity Hospital 93
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Abortion 92
Adoption 80
Acreage 16
Adulteration 42
Ambulance Facilities 20
Ante-Natal Clinics 78, 94, 99
Assessments 16
Bacteriological Analyses 38,44
Births 16, 18
„ Notification of 68
„ Registration of 68
Birth Rate 16
Breast Feeding 76, 96, 98
Cancer 19
Caravans 29
Care of Illegitimate Children 72
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 55
Child Guidance 83
Child Life Protection 80
Child Welfare 75
„ „ Clinics 75, 79
Clinics 20
Committees 4, 66
Compensation (Midwives) 90
Confinements 86
Connaught Hospital 25
Cremation 65
Day Nurseries 69
Deaths 16, 17, 18, 19
„ Infants 70,74
„ Infectious Diseases 49, 64
Death Rate 16
Dental Treatment 22, 83
Diphtheria 53
,, Immunisation 49
Diseases of Animals Acts 44
Disinfestation 29
District Midwifery 90
Domestic Help 65
Dysentery 54
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Emergency Unit 93
Encephalitis Lethargica 47
Enteric Fever 53
Erysipelas 55
Essex County Council Act 26
Factories Acts, 1937/48 45
Food 6? Drugs Act, 1938 42
Food Inspection 36
Foot Clinic 20
Funeral Arrangements 47
Gas and Air Analgesia 93
Grants 64
Health Visiting 76
Home Helps 85
„ Visits 76,77
Hospital Accommodation 87
„ Infectious Disease 63
Housing 31
Act, 1936 34
„ Conditions 34
„ Inspections 32
Ice Cream 37
Immunisation 49
Infant Mortality 70
Infectious Diseases Clinic 49
,, ,, Hospital 63
Infestation 78
Institutional Treatment 24, 85
Inquests 65
Invalid Children's Aid Assn. 84
Insulin 65
Laboratory Services 52
Landlord 6? Tenant (War
Damage) Acts, 1939-41 34
Malaria 55
Massage 80
Maternal Mortality 92
Maternity and Child Welfare 66
„ Homes 87