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
Bermondsey 1955
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1955
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT— PAGE
Public Health Committee 4
Staff 4
VITAL STATISTICS—
Area 7
Population 7
Births 7
Deaths 8
Marriages 8
Infantile Mortality Rates 9
Deaths from Tuberculosis 9
Vital Statistics of District 10
Causes of Death 11
Infantile Mortality, Causes of Deaths 13
Extracts from Vital Statistics, 1955 14
INFECTIOUS DISEASES—
Diseases Notifiable 15
Food Poisoning 15
Disinfection 16
Cleansing Station 16
Cases Notified in 1955 17
Cases Notified for last ten years 18
TUBERCULOSIS—
New Cases and Deaths 19
Notification Register 19
Summary of Notifications 20
SANITARY —Circumstances of the Borough
Housing 21
Housing Act, 1936 —Overcrowding 21
Eradication of Bed Bugs 21
Inspections and Proceedings 21
Registered Premises 23
Smoke Nuisances 23
Water Supply to Tenement Houses 24
Sale of Food 24
Rag, Flock and other Filling Materials Act, 1951 24