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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 1956
[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 12
Extracts from Vital Statistics 13
Vital Statistics:
Comparative Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality,
etc., 1956 14
Registered Causes of Death 15
Violence and Accident 16
Maternal Mortality 16
Infantile Mortality 16
General Provision of Health Services for the Area:
Laboratory Facilities 18
Ambulance Facilities 18
Nursing in the Home 18
Treatment Centres and Clinics:
Care of Mothers and Young Children 19
Tuberculosis 19
Immunisation against Diphtheria 20
Immunisation against Whooping Cough 20
School Clinics 21
Venereal Diseases Clinics 21
Cleansing of Persons 21
Hospitals 21
Disinfection 22
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area:
Water Supplies 22
Drainage and Sewerage 23
Rivers and Streams 23
Closet Accommodation 23
Public Cleansing 23
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