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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]
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Child Welfare:
General 28-29
Attendances at Child Welfare Centres 29
Attendances at Toddlers' Clinics 30
Dental Care 30
Day Nurseries 30-31
Developmental Clinic 31
Care of Unmarried Mothers and their Children 31
Congenital Malformations 31
Welfare Foods and Vitamins 31
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING AND ALLIED SERVICES:
Health Visiting:
Staff 32
Training of Health Visitors 33
General Practitioner Attachments 33
Summary of Work of Health Visitors 33-34
Midwifery:
Staff 34
Introductory 34
Organisation 34
Maternity Cases Attended 35
Inhalational Analgesia 35
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 35
Maternity Outfits 35
Medical Aid 35
Early Discharges from Hospital 35
Midwifery Training 35
Post-Graduate Courses 35
Domiciliary Visits 36
Attendances at Clinics 36
Transfers to Hospital 36
Maternity Liaison Committee 36
Home Nursing:
Staff 36
Organisation 37
Training of District Nurses 37
Post Graduate Courses for District Nurses 37
Cases Attended 38
Visits Made 38
Marie Curie Foundation Cancer Nursing Service 38
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