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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 1939
[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 Subcommittee 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
Registered Causes of Death 13
Comparative Crude Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of
Mortality, etc., 1939 15
Cancer 17
Violence 18
Maternal Mortality 19
Infantile Mortality 19
General Provision of Health Services for the Area:
Laboratory Facilities 21
Ambulance Facilities 21
Nursing in the Home 22
Treatment Centres and Clinics 22
Hospitals 24
Disinfection 25
Maternity and Child Welfare:
General Observations 25
Ante-natal and Post-natal Supervision 25
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres 27
Maternity Ward 28
Consultant Obstetrician 28
Home Help 29
Birth Control 29
Treatment:
Orthopaedic 29
Dental 29
Minor Ailments 29
Provision of Milk and other Foods 30
Health Visiting 30
Child Life Protection 31
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