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 1963
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1963
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Public Health Department— page
Public Health Committee 1
Staff 1
Vital Statistics —
Area 7
Population 7
Births 7
Deaths 8
Marriages 8
Infantile Mortality 9
Deaths from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System 9
Causes of Death 10
Infectious Diseases —
Diseases Notifiable 12
Food Poisoning 12
Cases Notified in 1963 13
Cases Notified for last ten years 14
National Assistance Act, 1948 —
Commital Orders, (Sec. 47) 17
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
Sewerage and Sewage Disposal 23
Common Lodging Houses 23
Work of the District Inspectors 24
Factories and Workshops-lnspections 25
Defects Found 25
Factories and Workshops—Homework 26
Water Supply 26
Rent Act, 1957 26
Rodent Control 27
Bakehouses 28