[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Ipswich County Borough.

  • Ipswich (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Ipswich County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Public Health Officers of the Authority ... ... ... 4 Extracts from Vital Statistics ... ... ... ... 7 Medico-Sociological Data and Comments— Population, Marriages ... ... ... ... ... 8 Births and Still Births ... ... ... ... .. 10 Deaths—At the Various Age Groups; Causes, Puerperal Mortality; Infant Mortality ... ... ... ... ... ... 14 SECTION B.—GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA. Review of National Health Service Act, 1946. Part I. Services ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 „ HI. „ 20 „ IV. ,, 20 SECTION C.—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA. Water Supply; Sanitary Inspector’s Annual Report; Progress of Notices; Shops and Offices; Camping Sites, Smoke Abatement, Swimming Baths and Pools ... ... ... ... 29 Eradication of Bed Bugs; Schools ... ... ... ... 35 SECTION D.—HOUSING ... ... ... ... ... 36 SECTION E.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD. Milk Supply ... ... ... ... ... ... 37 Meat and Other Foods ... ... ... ... ... 37 Food & Drugs Acts ... ... ... ... ... ... 41 FActory and Workshops ... ... ... ... ... 43 PORT OF IPSWICH ... ... ... ... ... 44 SECTION F—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Notification of Infectious Diseases ... ... ... ... 52 Prevalence of Diphtheria ... ... ... ... ... 53 Scabies ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 Venereal Diseases ... ... ... ... ... ... 56 Cancer ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 59 Prevention of Blindness ... ... ... ... ... 61 Tuberculosis— Notifications; Notification Rates ... ... ... ... 62 Tuberculosis Scheme ... ... ... ... ... 63 Institutional Treatment of Tuberculosis ... ... ... 64 NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 1946. Section 22 Care of Mothers and Young Children ... ... 64 ,, 23 Midwifery ... ... ... ... ... 70 ,, 24 Health Visiting ... ... .. ... ... 72 ,, 25 Home Nursing ... ... ... .. ... 73 ,, 26 Vaccination and Immunisation ... ... ... 75 ,, 27 Ambulance Scheme ... ... ... ... 76 ,, 28 Prevention of illness. Care and after-care ... ... 78 ,, 29 Domestic help ... ... ... ... ... 79 MENTAL HEALTH Administration ... ... ... ... ... ... 80 Work undertaken in the Community ... ... ••• 82 DENTAL TREATMENT Expectant and nursing mothers ... ... ... ... 84 Children under five years of age ... ... ... ... 84 Other Sections ... ... ... ... ... ..86 SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER’S REPORT:— General ... ... ... ... ... ... 91 Dental Surgeon’s Report ... ... ... ••• ••• 97 Statistical Tablesjj ... ... ... ... ••• ••• 110
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