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
Merton 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]
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Health Education 31
Midwifery:
Staff 31-32
Organisation 32
Maternity Cases Attended 32
Medical Aid 32
Analgesia 32
Puerperal Pyrexia 32
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 32
Maternity Outfits 32
Early Discharges from Hospital 33
Midwifery Training 33
Post-Graduate Courses 33
Home Nursing:
Staff 33
Organisation 33
Training 33
Cases Attended 34
Visits Made 34
Incontinence Pads 34
Incontinent Laundry Service 34
Domestic Help Service:
Staff 34-35
Organisation 35
Statistics 35-36
Chiropody Service 36
Ripple Bed Service 37
Sick Room Equipment 37
Recuperative Holidays 37
Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies 37-38
Mental Health Service:
Organisation 39
Staff 39
Mental Health Establishments 39
The Casework Services 40
Subnormality 40
Other Forms of Mental Disorder 41
Patients in Hospital 42-43
Guardianship 43
Cases Boarded Out 43
Short-Term Care 43
Social Work Section 43-44
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