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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 1943
[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 5
Staff of Public Health Department 6
Extracts front Vital Statistics 9
Vital Statistics:
Comparative Crude Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of
Mortality, etc., 1943 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 I1
Maternity and Child Welfare:
General Observations 17
Ante-Natal Supervision 17
Consultant Obstetrician 18
Post-Natal Supervision 18
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres 19
Maternity Ward 19
Home Help 20
Birth Control 20
Treatment:
Minor Ailments 20
Dental 20
Orthopædic 20
Health Visiting 21
Child Life Protection 22
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