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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
Beddington and Wallington 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Public Health Committee 5
Maternity and Child Welfare Sub-Committee 5
Representatives on the Wandle Valley Joint Hospital Board 5
Representatives on the Wandle Valley Joint Sewerage Board 6
Staff of Public Health Department 6
Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area 9
Extracts from Vital Statistics 11
Vital Statistics:
Area 12
Population 12
Births 12
Deaths 13
Birth and Death Rates in Wards 13
Registered Causes of Death 14
Comparative Crude Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of
Mortality, etc., 1937 15
Heart Disease and Diseases of the Circulatory System 16
Cancer 17
Violence 19
Maternal Mortality 20
Infantile Mortality 20
General Provision of Health Services for the Area:
Laboratory Facilities 22
Ambulance Facilities 23
Nursing in the Home 23
Treatment Centres and Clinics 23
Hospitals 25
Disinfection 25
Maternity and Child Welfare:
General Observations 25
Ante-natal and Post-natal Supervision 27
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres 28
Maternity Ward 29
Consultant Obstetrician 29
Home Help 29
Birth Control 29
Treatment:
Orthopaedic 30
Dental 30
Minor Ailments 30
Provision of Milk and other Foods 31
Health Visiting 31
Child Life Protection 32
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