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 Merton]
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Child Welfare:
General 29-30
Attendances at Child Welfare Centres 30
Attendances at Toddlers' Clinics 31
Dental Care 31
Day Nurseries 31-32
Developmental Clinic 32
Care of Unmarried Mothers and their Children 32
Congenital Malformations 32
Welfare Foods and Vitamins 32
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING AND ALLIED SERVICES:
Health Visiting:
Staff 33
Health Visitors' Duties 33-34
Training of Health Visitors 34
Summary of Work of Health Visitors 34
General Practitioner Attachments 34-35
Health Education 35
Midwifery:
Staff 35
Introductory 35
Organisation 35-36
Maternity Cases Attended 36
Inhalational Analgesia 36
Puerperal Pyrexia 36
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 36
Maternity Outfits 36
Medical Aid 36
Early Discharges from Hospital 36
Midwifery Training 37
Post-Graduate Courses 37
Domiciliary Visits 37
Health Education of Expectant Parents 37
Attendances at Clinics 37
Transfers to Hospital 37
Co-operation with General Practitioners 37
Maternity Liaison Committee 38
Home Nursing:
Staff 38
Organisation 38
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