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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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Report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector for the Year 1955:
Housing 23
Milk and Dairies 23
Ice Cream 24
Slaughterhouses 24
Food Premises 24
Unsound Food 25
Food and Drugs Act, 1955 25
Factories .. 26
Unsatisfactory Samples 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 33
Swimming Bath 34
Schools 34
Outbreaks of Food Poisoning and Clean Food Campaign 35
Nutrition 35
Shell Fish (Molluscan) 35
Adoptive Acts and Bye-Laws 36
Prevalence and Control over Infectious and other Diseases:
Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) 37
Incidence of Infectious Diseases in Age Groups and Wards 38
Monthly Incidence of Infectious Disease 39
Tuberculosis 40
Transferred Functions under the National Health Service Act, 1946:
The Care of Mothers and Young Children 42
Ante-natal and Post-natal Supervision 42
Infant Welfare Services 42
Institutional Confinements 42
Domestic Help Service 42
Treatment:
Minor Ailments 43
Dental 43
Orthopaedic 43
Physiotherapy 44
Health Visiting 44
Child Life Protection 44
Care of Premature Infants 45
Care of Illegitimate Children 45
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