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 Wimbledon]
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CONTENTS.
Medical Officer's Report— page
Public Health Committee 1
Maternity and Child Welfare Sub-Committee 1
Staff 2
Natural and Social Conditions of the Area 5
Vital Statistics for 1925 6
Births 8
Deaths 8
Birth and Death Bates, in Wards, District, and
England and Wales, 1921-1925 9
Infantile Mortality, 1925 10
Infantile Mortality, 1921-1925 11
Poor Law Relief 11
General Provision of Health Services in the Area 11
List of Local Acts, Orders and Adoptive Acts, in
force 12
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 14
Sanitary Inspection of the District 15
Factories and Workshops 15
Sanitary Inspector's Report—
Notices served 18
Legal Proceedings 18
Opening up of Drains 19
House Drainage 19
House to House inspection 19
House inspection 19
Overcrowding 19
Houses let in Lodgings 20
Verminous Booms 20
Common Lodging Houses 20
Van Dwellings 20
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops 20
Infectious Disease and Disinfection 21
Yard Paving 21
Stable Refuse 21
Inspections under the Factory and Workshops Act,
1901 21
Shop Acts, 1912-23 22
Slaughter Houses and Food Inspection 22
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875-1907 23
Petroleum Acts 23
Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894-1911 23
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924 24
Rent (Restrictions) Acts, 1920-1923 24
Piggeries 25
Summary Table—Nuisances Abated 27
Housing 28
Housing statistics 29
Inspection and Supervision of Food 30
Prevalence of, and Control over, Infectious Disease 31
Notifiable Diseases, 1920-1925 32
Notifiable Diseases and Deaths, 1925, in age-groups,
etc. 33
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