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 1962
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1962
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Public Health Department— page
Public Health Committee 1
Staff 1
Vita! 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
National Assistance Act, 1948 —
Commital Orders, (Sec. 47) 15
Burials, (Sec. 50) 17
Sanitary Circumstances of the Borough—
Housing 18
Housing Act, 1957 —Overcrowding 18
Eradication of Bed Bugs 18
Inspections and Proceedings 19
Registered Premises 20
Smoke Nuisances 21
Sale of Food 21
Rag, Flock and other Filling Materials Act, 1951 21
Drainage Work 21
Work of the District Inspectors 22
Factories and Workshops—lnspections 23
Defects Found 23
Factories and Workshops—Homework 24
Water Supply 24
Rodent Control 25
Bakehouses 26