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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]
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Child Health:
General 33
Attendances at Child Health Centres 34
Attendances at Toddlers' Clinics 34
Dental Care 34-35
Day Nurseries 35-36
Developmental Clinic 36
Care of Unmarried Mothers and their Children 36
Congenital Malformations 36
Welfare Foods and Vitamins 36
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING AND ALLIED SERVICES:
Health Visiting:
Staff 37
Training of Health Visitors 38
General Practitioner Attachments 38
Summary of Work of Health Visitors 39-40
Midwifery:
Staff 40
Introductory 40
Organisation 40
Maternity Cases Attended 41
Inhalational Analgesia 41
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 41
Maternity Outfits 41
Medical Aid 41
Early Discharges from Hospital 41
Midwifery Training 41
Post-Graduate Courses 42
Domiciliary Visits 42
Attendances at Clinics 42
Transfers to Hospital 42
Home Nursing:
Staff 43
Organisation 43
Training of District Nurses 43
Post Graduate Courses for District Nurses 43
Cases Attended 44
Visits Made 44
Marie Curie Foundation Cancer Nursing Service 44
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