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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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Report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector for the Year 1954:
Housing 25
Milk and Dairies 25
Ice Cream 26
Slaughterhouses 26
Food Premises 26
Unsound Food 27
Food and Drugs Act, 1938 27
Factories 28
Bakehouses 30
Workplaces, Shops and Offices 30
Complaints 31
Smoke Abatement 31
Infectious Disease and Disinfection 31
Offensive Trades 31
Rats and Mice 31
Notices 32
Sanitary Improvements 32
Summary of work done during the year 34
Swimming Bath 35
Schools 35
Outbreaks of Food Poisoning and Clean Food Campaign 36
Nutrition 36
Shell Fish (Molluscan) 36
Adoptive Acts and Bye-Laws 37
Prevalence and Control over Infectious and other Diseases:
Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) 38
Incidence of Infectious Diseases in Age Groups and Wards 39
Monthly Incidence of Infectious Disease 40
Tuberculosis 41
Transferred Functions under the National Health Service Act, 1946:
The Care of Mothers and Young Children 43
Ante-natal and Post-natal Supervision 43
Infant Welfare Services 43
Institutional Confinements 43
Domestic Help Service 43
Treatment:
Minor Ailments 44
Dental 44
Orthopaedic 44
Physiotherapy 45
Health Visiting 45
Child Life Protection 45
Care of Premature Infants 46
Care of Illegitimate Children 46
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