London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

West Ham 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

This page requires JavaScript

INDEX.
Accidents, road, deaths from 103-104.
Acts, Regulations, etc., 51,53-54,454.
Adjusted death rates, 30.
Adulteration of food, 310-312.
After-care, for tuberculous, 201.
Albert Dock Hospital, 41.
Ambulance facilities, 38-39.
Analyst, Public, report of, 310-312.
Aneurysm, 101.
Animals, contagious diseases of,
298-301.
Ante-natal work, 223.
Anthrax, 118,298.
Appendix, general, 451.
to school section, 438.
Area comparability factor (A.C.F.), 80.
Area of borough, 26-27.
Arterio-sclerosis, 101.
Artificial pneumothorax, 201,204.
Artificial sunlight, 232.
Atmospheric pollution, 98, 331-332.
Aural surgeon, report of, 382-384.
Bacteriological examinations, 168,
284-285,288.
Bakehouses, 328.
Baths, swimming, 47,50,403.
Beer, sale of, 330-331.
Birth control, 242.
Births, 65-73,213-214,225.
distribution of, 213-214.
illegitimate, 70-71.
in wards, 66.
notification of, 225.
(stillbirths), 72-73,228-229,270-271
Blind children, 408.
Bronchitis, 96-99, 150.
Bugs, disinfestation, 53.
Camps, school, 400-401.
Cancer, ,106-110.
Caravans, 323.
Casual wards, 32-34.
Causes of death, 82,90-91.
Census figures, 58-59,61-64.
Central Home, 32-34,271-274.
Central schools, 431.
Cerebro-spinal fever, 119,121-122,
143,165.
Chicken-pox, 165.
Chief Sanitary Inspector,
report of, 316-335.
Childbirth, deaths in, 226-229.
Children's Hospital, Balaam
Street, 41,235-237,384-386,396-397.
Child welfare, 229-236.
Cinemas, 330.
Circulatory diseases, 99-102.
Cleansing services, 315-316.
Clearance areas, 341-342.
Climatology, 36-37.
Clinics, list of, 450-452.
Closet accommodation, 316.
Committees, constitution of, 9-11.
Common lodging houses, 319.
Comparative statistics, 114-115.
Condemned food, 302,305-307.
Consultants, 255-256.
Contagious Diseases (Animals)
Acts, 298-301.
Continuation institutes, 430.
Continued fever, 118.
Convalescence, 236,238.
Co-ordination of health
services, 362-363.
Cost of health services, 29.
Country Holiday Fund, 401.
Cows and cowsheds, 300-301.
Crippled children, 411.
Crosby Road Day Open-air
School, 414, 418.
Cross infection, 166.
Dagenham Sanatorium, 193-195,197,
203-207.
Dairies, 280-281.
Day nurseries, 238.
Deaf centres, 414,417.
Deaf children, 382-384,409,417.
Deaths, 74-83.
causes of, 82,90-91.
from all causes, 78-79.
bronchitis, 150.
cancer, ,106-110.
cerebro-spinal fever, 121-122,
143,165.
circulatory diseases, 99-102.
diarrhoea and enteritis, 144.
diphtheria, 120-122,129-130,163.
encephalitis lethargica, 121-122.
455