[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, South Shields County Borough.

South Shields (Durham, England). County Borough Council.

Date:: 1956

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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, South Shields County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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CONTENTS Preface. 1 Chairmen of Committees. 5 Staff of Public Health Department. 5 PART I. Statistics and Social Conditions . 9 Vital Statistics . 11 Cancer . 27 Meteorology . 30 PART H. Notifiable Diseases. 31 Laboratory Examinations . 35 PART III. National Health Service Act, 1946 :— Sect. 22—Care of Mothers and Young Children. 39 „ 23—Midwives’ Service . 55 ,, 24—Health Visiting. 58 ,, 25—Home Nursing Service . 62 „ 26—Vaccination and Immunisation . 63 „ 27—Ambulance Service . 68 „ 28—Prevention of Illness, Care and After-Care— 71 Tuberculosis . 73 Venereal Diseases . 81 „ 29—Domestic Help Service . 83 „ 51—Mental Health Services . 85 PART IV. Blind Persons . 93 Home Accidents. 95 National Assistance Acts, 1948-1951 . 96 Special Medical Examinations . 96 PART V. Sanitary Circumstances. 97 Inspection and Supervision of Food . 99 Housing . 112 Atmospheric Pollution . 115 Inspection of Shops . 125