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 1963
[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 10
Extracts from Vital Statistics 11
Vital Statistics:
Registered Causes of Death 12
Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus 13
Violence and Accident 13
Maternal Mortality 13
Infantile Mortality 13
General Provision of Health Services for the Area:
(Including Transferred Functions under the National Health Service Act, 1946).
Nursing in the Home 15
Domestic Help Service 15
Chiropody 15
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
Housing 23
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area:
Water Supplies 24
Drainage and Sewerage 24
Rivers and Streams 24
Closet Accommodation 24
Public Cleansing 24
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