London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1958
[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:
Registered Causes of Death 14
Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus 15
Violence and Accident 15
Maternal Mortality 15
Infantile Mortality 15
General Provision of Health Services for the Area:
(Including Transferred Functions under the National Health Service Act, 1946).
Nursing in the Home 17
Domestic Help Service 17
Care of Mothers and Young Children 17
Immunisation and Vaccination 21
School Clinics 22
Cleansing of Persons 22
Laboratory Facilities 22
Hospitals 23
Ambulance Facilities 23
Disinfection 23
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area:
Water Supplies 24
Drainage and Sewerage 24
Rivers and Streams 24
Closet Accommodation 24
Public Cleansing 25
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