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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 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]

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Table: TABLE OF CONTENTS.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Public Health Committee5
Maternity and Child Welfare Sub=Committees
Representatives on the Wandle Valley Joint Hospital Board5
Representatives on the Wandle Valley Joint Sewerage Board6
Staff of Public Health Department6
Extracts from Vital Statistics9
Vital Statistics:
Comparative Crude Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, etc., 194110
Registered Causes of Death11
Violence12
Maternal Mortality12
Infantile Mortality12
General Provision of Health Services for the Area:
Laboratory Facilities13
Ambulance Facilities13
Nursing in the Home14
Treatment Centres and Clinics14
Hospitals16
Disinfection17
Maternity and Child Welfare:
General Observations17
Ante-natal and Post-natal Supervision17
Maternity and Child Welfare Centre19
Maternity Ward19
Consultant Obstetrician20
Home Help20
Birth Control20
Treatment:
Orthopaedic20
Dental20
Minor Ailments21
Provision of Milk and other Foods21
Health Visiting22
Child Life Protection23
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area:
Water Supplies23
Drainage and SewerageZH
Rivers and Streams24
Closet Accommodation24
Public Cleansing24