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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 1940
[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., 1940 15
Cancer 17
Violence 18
Maternal Mortality 18
Infantile Mortality 18
General Provision of of Health Services for the Area:
Laboratory Facilities 20
Ambulance Facilities 20
Nursing in the Home 21
Treatment Centres and Clinics 21
Hospitals 23
Disinfection 24
Maternity and Child Welfare:
General Observations 24
Ante-natal and Post-natal Supervision 24
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres 26
Maternity Ward 27
Consultant Obstetrician 27
Home Help 28
Birth Control 28
Treatment:
Orthopaedic 28
Dental 28
Minor Ailments 28
Provision of Milk and other Foods 29
Health Visiting 29
Child Life Protection 30
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