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Bexley 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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INDEX.
Item page
Health Committee 2
Public Health Staff 3
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Acreage 8
Population 8
Unemployment 3
Social Conditions and Amenities 8—9
Population Graph 10
Summary of Vital Statistics, 1950 11—12
Extracts from Vital Statistics—
Births and Birth Rates, etc. 12—13
Stillbirths and Stillbirth Rates 13—14
Deaths and Death Rates 14—15
Causes of Death 16
Infantile Mortality 17
Maternal Deaths 18
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Isolation Hospital 19
General Hospitals 19
Ambulance Facilities 19
National Assistance Act, 1948 19
Public Mortuary 19
Laboratory Facilities 19
Registration of Nursing Homes 20
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH.
Adoptive Acts and Byelaws 21
Water Supply 22
Bacteriological 22
Drainage and Sewerage 23
Rivers and Streams 23
Chief Sanitary Inspector's Report—
Tables of Inspections and Improvements, etc. 24—25
Food Inspection 26
Tables—Factories Act, 1937 27
Closet Accommodation 28
Public Cleansing 28
Refuse Collection and Disposal 28
Salvage 29
Public Conveniences 29
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919 30
Shops Act, 1950 30
Swimming Pool 31
Eradication of Bed Bugs 31
Camping Sites 31
Schools 31
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