[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Aberdeen City.

Aberdeen (Scotland). City Council.

Date:: 1957

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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Aberdeen City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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CONTENTS. Page Summary of Statistics ... ... ... ... ... ... iv Preface ... ... ... ... ... ... ... v 1. Background Data: Demographical, Sociological, &c. ... ... 1 2. Vital Statistics of 1957 ... ... ... ... 8 3. Health Education ... ... ... ... ... ... 29 4. Maternity and Child Welfare ... ... ... ... 42 5. Domiciliary Midwifery ... ... ... ... ... 51 6. Health Visiting ... ... ... ... ... ... 53 7. Shortage of Health Visitors ... ... ... ... 72 8. Training of Health Visitors ... ... ... ... 88 9. Home Nursing ... ... ... ... ... ... 93 10. Domestic Help Service ... ... ... ... ... 95 11. Vaccination and Immunisation ... ... 97 12. Prevention of Illness, Care, and After-Care ... ... 104 13. Prevention of Home Accidents ... ... ... ... 117 14. Control of Infectious Diseases ... ... ... ... 119 15. Mental Health ... ... ... ... ... ... 126 16. Work under Nurseries and Child-Minders’ Regulation Act 130 17. School Health Service ... ... ... ... ... 131 18. Port Health Administration ... ... ... ... 174 19. Food Supply and Food Hygiene ... ... ... ... 175 20. Services under National Assistance Act, &c. ... ... 176 21. Work under Nursing Homes Registration Act ... ... 188 22. Sanitation, Water Supplies, and Analytical Work ... ... 188 23. Superannuation Examinations ... ... ... ... 189 24. Staff at 31st December, 1957 ... ... ... ... 190