London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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Summary of work done during the year 35
Shops and Offices 36
Camping Sites 36
Swimming Bath 36
Eradication of Bed Bugs 36
Schools 37
Dairies 37
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations 37
Slaughterhouse 37
Bakehouses 37
Factories 38
Housing 40
Inspection and Supervision of Food :
Milk 40
Meat 40
Food and Drugs Act, 1938 40
Chemical and Bacteriological Examinations 42
Nutrition 42
Shell Fish (Molluscan) 42
Adoptive Acts and Bye-Laws 42
Prevalence and Control over Infectious and other Diseases :
Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) 43
Incidence of Infectious Diseases in Age Groups and Wards 44
Monthly Incidence of Infectious Disease 45
Tuberculosis 46
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