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 Walthamstow]
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INDEX
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Section A.—Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area 14
Section B.—General Provision of Health Services in the Area 22
Section C.—Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 26
Section D.—Housing 33
Section E.—Inspection and Supervision of Food 44
Section F.—Prevalence and Control over Infectious Diseases 55
Section G.—Miscellaneous 65
Section H.—National Health Service Act, 1946—Part III Services 71
Health Centres 72
Care of Mothers and Young Children 73
Midwifery 87
Health Visiting 89
Home Nursing 91
Vaccination and Immunisation 93
Ambulance Facilities 99
Prevention of Illness, Care and After-Care 99
Domestic Help 105
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Accidents in the Home 21, 68
Acreage 14
Adulteration.. 48
Aged and chronic sick 25, 66
Ambulance Facilities 24, 99
Ante-Natal Clinics 73, 75, 79
Ante-Natal Care 74
Assessments 14
Atmospheric Pollution 6
Bacteriological Examinations 46, 50
B.C.G. Vaccination 98
Biological Tests 45
Birth Notifications 76
Birth Registrations 19
Births, Illegitimate 15
Birth Rate 15
Blind Persons 109
"Brookscroft" Welfare 80
Cancer deaths .20,21
Cancer Education 69
Care and After-Care 99
Care of Illegitimate Children 78
Child Guidance 83
Child Welfare Clinics 79, 88
Chiropody 66, 101
Clean Air Act, 1956 6, 31
Cleansing (Personal) 24, 86
Clearance Areas .36, 40
Committees 5, 71
Communicable Diseases 7
Comparability Factor 15
Confinements 75
Contact Examinations 101
Convalescence for Adults 101
Convalescence for Pre-School
Children 84
Conveniences, Public 69
Cooked Meats 6,48,51
Co-operation with General
Practitioners 8, 88, 93
Cremation 69
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Daily Guardian Scheme 85
Day Nurseries 85
Deafness, Prevention of 109
Deaths 15,20,77
Deaths from Accidents in
the Home 21
Deaths, Infants 15, 16,77
Death Rate 15
Deaths, Causes of 20, 77
Dental Laboratory
Dental Treatment 81
Diphtheria 57
Diphtheria Immunisation 93, 95
Diseases of Animals Acts 52
Disinfections 27, 69
Disinfestation 31
District Midwifery 87
Domestic Help 9, 105
Domiciliary Chiropody 66
Employment 14
Emergency Unit 88
Essex County Council Act.
1933 26
Factories Acts, 1937/48 54
Family Doctors, co-operation
with 88, 93
Food and Drugs Act, 1955 48
Food Hygiene Regulations,
1955 50
Flooding 8, 70
Food Inspection 44
Food Poisoning 52, 60
Foot Clinic 101
Funeral Arrangements 68
Gas and Air Analgesia 88
General Dental Service 23, 72
General Information 69
Geriatric Services 24
"Guard That Fire" Campaign
103