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 1961
[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 14
Extracts from Vital Statistics 15
Vital Statistics:
Registered Causes of Death 16
Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus 17
Violence and Accident 17
Maternal Mortality 17
Infantile Mortality 17
General Provision of Health Services for the Area:
(Including Transferred Functions under the National Health Service Act, 1946).
Nursing in the Home 19
Domestic Help Service 19
Chiropody 19
Care of Mothers and Young Children 20
Immunisation and Vaccination 24
School Clinics 25
Cleansing of Persons 25
Laboratory Facilities 25
Hospitals 26
Ambulance Facilities 26
Disinfection 26
Housing 27
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area:
Water Supplies 28
Drainage and Sewerage 28
Rivers and Streams 28
Closet Accommodation 28
Public Cleansing 28
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