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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
West Ham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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CONTENTS
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Preface 5
Members of the Council and Committees 6-8
Members of Staff 9-11
Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area 18-30
General Provision of Health Services: 31-67
(a) Hospitals 37-38
(b) Maternity and Child Welfare 45-62
(c) Mental Deficiency 63-67
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 68-81
Housing 82-85
Report of the Medical Officer of Health on
1. Suggested improvements in connection with
Council's Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme. 85-90
2. Midwives Act, 1936. 91-95
Inspection and Supervision of Food 96-118
Infectious Diseases 119-132
Tuberculosis 132-138
Venereal Diseases 139-144
School Medical Officer's Report 147-226
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