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 1959
[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 11
Extracts from Vital Statistics 12
Vital Statistics:
Registered Causes of Death 13
Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus 14
Violence and Accident 14
Maternal Mortality 14
Infantile Mortality .. 14
General Provision of Health Services for the Area:
(Including Transferred Functions under the National Health Service Act, 1946).
Nursing in the Home 16
Domestic Help Service 16
Care of Mothers and Young Children 16
Immunisation and Vaccination 20
School Clinics 21
Cleansing of Persons 21
Laboratory Facilities 21
Hospitals 22
Ambulance Facilities 22
Disinfection 22
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area:
Water Supplies 23
Drainage and Sewerage 23
Rivers and Streams .. 23
Closet Accommodation 23
Public Cleansing 23
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