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 1961
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1961
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Public Health Department —
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Public Health Committee ... ... ... ... ... 1
Staff ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
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 1961 12
Cases Notified for last ten years 13
Diphtheria 14
National Assistance Act, 1948 —
Commital Orders, (Sec. 47) 18
Burials, (Sec. 50 18
Sanitary Circumstances of the Borough—
Housing 20
Housing Act, 1957 —Overcrowding 20
Eradication of Bed BugS 20
Inspections and Proceedings 21
Registered Premises 22
Smoke Nuisances 23
Sale of Food 23
Rag, Flock and other Filling Materials Act, 1951 23
Drainage Work 23
Rent Act, 1957 23
Work of the District Inspectors 24
Factories and Workshops—Homework 26
Factories and Workshops—Inspections 25
Defects Found 25
Water Supply 26
Bakehouses 28