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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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Report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector for the Year 1953:
Housing 23
Milk and Dairies 23
Ice Cream 24
Slaughterhouses 24
Food Premises 24
Unsound Food 25
Food and Drugs Act, 1938 26
Factories 27
Bakehouses 29
Workplaces, Shops and Offices 29
Complaints 30
Smoke Abatement 30
Infectious Disease and Disinfection 30
Offensive Trades 30
Rats and Mice 30
Notices 31
Sanitary Improvements 31
Summary of work done during the year 32
Swimming Bath 33
Schools 33
Outbreaks of Food Poisoning and Clean Food Campaign 34
Nutrition 34
Shell Fish (Molluscan) 34
Adoptive Acts and Bye-Laws 35
Prevalence and Control over Infectious and other Diseases:
Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) 36
Incidence of Infectious Diseases in Age Groups and Wards 37
Monthly Incidence of Infectious Disease 38
Tuberculosis 39
Transferred Functions under the National Health Service Act, 1946:
The Care of Mothers and Young Children 41
Ante-natal and Post-natal Supervision 41
Infant Welfare Services 41
Institutional Confinements 41
Domestic Help Service 41
Treatment:
Minor Ailments 42
Dental 42
Orthopaedic 42
Physiotherapy 43
Health Visiting 43
Child Life Protection 43
Care of Premature Infants 44
Care of Illegitimate Children 44
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