Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.
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Infectious Diseases—continued. Page
(ii.) Non-Notifiable Diseases 60-61
Chicken-pox : diarrhoea 60
Influenza : cancer 61
Sanitary Circumstances.
Summary Table 63
Legal Proceedings 64-68
Common Lodging Houses 69
Drainage Work 69-70
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1907 and 1927 71
Licensed Premises (Sanitary Conveniences) 70
Smoke and Effluvium Nuisances 70
Water Supply 70
Van Dwellings 71
Model dwellings, staircases 71
Rag Flock Acts, 1911 and 1928 71
Rats and Mice Destruction Act 72
Fouling of Footways by Dogs 72
Personal Cleansing Station 73
Disinfecting Department 74
Health Propaganda 74
Staff, Changes in 74-75
Coroner's Court and Mortuary 76
Protection of the Food Supply.
Inspection and Supervision 77
Unsound Food 77
Cow-Houses and Slaughter-Houses 77
Butchers' Shops 78
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924 78
Food and Drugs Adulteration Act, 1928 78
Results of Analysis 79-85
Ice-Cream 85
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926 86
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923 87
Milk Shops 87
Public Health (Preservatives, &c., in Food) Regulations 88
Agricultural Produce and Merchandise Marks Acts 88
Artificial Cream Act, 1929 88
Fish Shops, Restaurant Kitchens, Street Stalls 89
Factories, Workshops, &c.—General Tables 90
Factories 90-92
Workshops 90-93
Outworkers and Home Work 93-96
Bakehouses, Warehouses and Wharves 95
Housing.
General 97
New Houses 97
Overcrowding 98-99
Repair of Unfit Houses 99-100
Appeals 100
Closing and Demolition Orders 100
Underground Rooms 100
Increase of Rent, &c., Acts 100
Action under Section 5, Housing Act, 1925 101
Insanitary Areas 101
Insanitary Houses 101-103
Statistics and Summary of Housing Work 104-105
Appendices.
Table I. Summary of Vital Statistics 106
„ II. Infectious Disease Notifications 107
„ III. Causes of, and Ages at. Death 108
„ IV. Infant Mortality 109-112
Tuberculosis Scheme of the Borough Council—
Return of Work of the Dispensary 113-115
Report of Tuberculosis Medical Officer 116-124