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West Ham 1937

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

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1NDEX—contintied.
Deaths, continued :
enteric fever, 120,122,125.
erysipelas, 120,122,141.
infectious diseases, 120-122,154.
influenza, 147.
measles, ,136-137.
pneumonia, 120,122,149.
polio-encephalitis, 121-122.
respiratory diseases, 96-99.
scarlet fever, 120-125,159.
tuberculosis, 110-113,184-189.
violence, 103-105.
whooping-cough, 138-139.
in age groups, 76.
in Central Home, 273-274.
in Forest Gate Hospital, 267-268.
in Harold Wood Hospital, 276-277.
in isolation hospital, 154-157.
in public instittiuons, 83.
in wards, 74.
in Whipps Cross Hospital, 257-259.
of infants, 74,85-92.
Defective hearing, 382-384.
Defective students, higher education,
425-426.
Delicate children, 411.
Density of population, 23.
Dental inspection and treatment,
231-232, 389-396,448-449.
Designated milk, 282-284.
Diabetes (insulin), 46.
Diarrhoea and enteritis, 143-145.
Dick test, 167.
Dining centres for children, 405-406.
mothers, 241-242.
Diphtheria, 119-122,127-132,161-164.
after immunization, 170-171.
examination of swabs, 168.
immunization, 132,170-171.
Diseases of Animals Acts, 297-301.
Disinfection, 51-52,169.
Disinfestation, 53,323.
Dispensaries, tuberculosis, 198-202,452.
District medical officers, 43-44,453.
Domicilary medical service, 43.
Drainage, 315.
Dried milk, 242-245.
Dustbins, 316.
Dwelling houses, 28,338,340-341.
Dysentery, 119,122,143.
Ear diseases, 382-384.
Edith Kerrison Nursery School, 427-428.
Education, open-air, 400-401.
Employment of children and young
persons, 436.
Employment, state of, 28,30-31.
Encephalitis lethargica, 121-122,142.
Enteric fever, 119-120,122,133-135,164.
Epileptics, 268,410.
Erysipelas, 119-120,122,140-142,165.
Exceptional children, 412-414,442-444.
Excess of births over deaths, 83-84.
Exhumations, 317.
Eye, diseases of, 376-380, 446.
Factories and workshops, 325-328.
Farms, 301.
Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 309.
Fever hospital, report, 152-171.
Finance, 28-29.
Food, adulteration, 310-312.
bacteriological examinations,
284-285,288.
condemnation of, 302,305-307.
inspection, 280-312.
preparing premises, 328-329.
preservatives in, 307,312.
samples analysed, 285-288,304-305.
Foot and mouth disease, 299.
Forest Gate Hospital, 215,225,265-271,
278.
maternity unit, 269-271.
mental defectives and epileptics,
268,351-354.
Forest House, 274-275,278.
Fractures, treatment of, 262-263.
Frederick Road Deaf Centre, 414,417.
Free meals for children, 405-406.
expectant mothers, 241-242.
Fried fish shops, 329.
Fyfield Open-air School, 414,419-424.
Gangrene, 101.
Grange Road Special School, 414.
Haemorrhage, cerebral,101.
Harold Wood Hospital, 275-277.
Health Services, co-ordination, 362-363.
Health visitors, 223,238-240.
Hearing, defective, 382-384.
Heart disease, 99-102,386-388,412.
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