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 1962
[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
Chiropody 16
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
Housing 24
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area:
Water Supplies 25
Drainage and Sewerage 25
Rivers and Streams 25
Closet Accommodation 25
Public Cleansing 25
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