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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Public Health Committee 5
Representatives on Mid-Eastern Divisional Health Sub-committee . . 5
Representatives on the Wandle Valley Joint Sewerage Board .... 5
Staff 6
Statistics and Social Conditions II
Extracts from Vital Statistics 12
Vital Statistics:
Comparative Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality,
etc., 1950 13
Registered Causes of Death 14
Violence and Accident 15
Maternal Mortality 15
Infantile Mortality 15
General Provision of Health Services for the Area:
Laboratory Facilities 17
Ambulance Facilities 17
Nursing in the Home 17
Treatment Centres and Clinics:
Care of Mothers and Young Children 18
Tuberculosis 18
Immunisation against Diphtheria 19
Immunisation against Whooping Cough 19
School Clinics 19
Venereal Diseases Clinics 20
Cleansing of Persons 20
Hospitals 20
Disinfection 21
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area:
Water Supplies 21
Drainage and Sewerage 21
Rivers and Streams 21
Closet Accommodation 22
Public Cleansing 22
Sanitary Inspection of the Area 23
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