London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wimbledon 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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PAGK
Houses Let in Loggings 47
Legal Proceedings 50
Notices issued (Public Health Acts) 45
Overcrowding 40
Opening up of Drains 45
Petroleum Acts 51
Kent (Restrictions) Acts 51
Sanitary Inspection 37
Slaughterhouses 50
Stable Premises 49
Shops Acts 49
Van Dwellings 48
Verminous Rooms 47
Yard Paving 49
Table III.—Summary of Nuisances 53
School Medical Officer's Report.
Staff 54
Co-ordination 55
School Sanitary Conditions 57
Inspection Clinic 58
Employment Certificates 62
Medical Inspection—age groups, &c. 60
Assistant Medical Officer's Report 59
Finding of Medical Inspection and Treatment 60
Uncleanliness 60
Minor Ailments 60
Tonsils and Adenoids 61
Tuberculosis 61
School Oculist's Report 61
Ear Diseases 62
Dental Defects—Dental Officer's Report 62
Exceptional Children 63
Mentally Defective Children.65
(a) General Report 65
(b) Queen's Road Special .School 71
Table I.—Numbers Examined.73
Table II.—Numbers of Defects found 74
Table III.—Exceptional Children 76
Table IV.—Treatment of Defects 79
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