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 Hammersmith Borough]
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CONTENTS
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Introduction 1-2
Staff 3
SECTION A—Social Conditions and Statistics:-
Births 6
Census of Great Britain, 1951 6
Deaths 6
Expectation of Life 7
Infant Mortality 6
Marriages 5
Maternal Mortality 6
Population 5
Social Conditions 4
SECTION B—Prevalence of and Control over Infectious Diseases:-
Contacts and Carriers—Sickness Benefit 9
Food Poisoning 11
Health Laundry 12
Medicinal Baths 11
Notifications 9
Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations, 1953 10
Tuberculosis 10
SECTION C—Housing:-
Building Licences 16
Overcrowding (Section 61) 16
Permanent Estates 15
Re-housing 14
Slum Clearance 16
SECTION D—Inspection and Supervision of Food:-
Clean Food Campaign-Hammersmith Clean Food Traders'
Guild 24
Designated Milk-Licences 23
Ice Cream 22
Markets 21
Meat and other Foods 17
Merchandise Marks Act, 1926 22
Milk Supplies 22
Olympia Exhibition Halls 21
Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulations, 1923/1948 23
Sampling 19
Wormwood Scrubs Fair 21
SECTION E—Sanitary Administration:-
Coroner's Court and Public Mortuary 26
Exhumation and Re-interment of Bodies 26
Heating Appliances (Fire Guards) Act, 1952 27
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1952—Rag and Bone Dealers 28
Pet Animals Act, 1951 27
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 27
Public Baths and Wash-houses 28
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951 26
Rent Restrictions Act 26
Staff-Inspectorial 26