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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 1942
[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
Extracts from Vital Statistics
Vital Statistics:
Comparative Crude Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of
Mortality, etc., 1942 10
Registered Causes of Death 11
Violence 12
Maternal Mortality 12
Infantile Mortality 12
General Provision of Health Services for the Area:
Laboratory Facilities 13
Ambulance Facilities 13
Nursing in the Home 14
Treatment Centres and Clinics 14
Diphtheria Immunisation 15
Hospitals 16
Disinfection 17
Maternity and Child Welfare:
General Observations 17
Ante-natal and Post-natal Supervision 17
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres 18
Maternity Ward 19
Consultant Obstetrician 19
Home Help 19
Birth Control 20
Treatment:
Orthopedic 20
Dental 20
Minor Ailments 20
Health Visiting 21
Child Life Protection 21
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area:
Water Supplies 22
Drainage and Sewerage 22
Rivers and Streams 22
Closet Accommodation 22
Public Cleansing 22
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