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 1960
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1960
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Public Health Department— page
Public Health Committee 1
Staff 2
Vital Statistics —
Area 6
Population 6
Births 6
Deaths 7
Marriages 7
Infantile Mortality 8
Deaths from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System 8
Causes of Death 9
Infectious Diseases—
Diseases Notifiable 11
Food Poisoning 11
Cases Notified in 1960 12
Cases Notified for last ten years 13
National Assistance Act, 1948—
Commital Orders, (Sec. 47) 14
Burials, (Sec. 50) 15
Sanitary Circumstances of the Borough—
Housing 26
Housing Act, 1957—Overcrowding 26
Eradication of Bed Bugs 26
Inspections and Proceedings 27
Registered Premises 28
Smoke Nuisances 29
Sale of Food 29
Rag, Flock and other Filling Materials Act, 1951 29
Drainage Work 29
Rent Act, 1957 29
Work of the District Inspectors 30
Factories and Workshops—Homework 32
Factories amd Workshops—Inspections 31
Defects Found 31
Bakehouses 34