London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hammersmith 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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SECTION F—Sanitary Circumstances:- Page
Atmospheric Pollution 33
Drainage 29
Dustbins 29
Factories 30
Public Cleansing and Salvage 29
Rodent Control 30
Sanitary Inspection 30
Water Supply 29
SECTION G—General Provision of Health Services:-
Ambulance Facilities 34
Burial or Cremation of the Dead 38
Conferences 40
Diseased or Infirm Persons 37
Financial Contributions to Voluntary Organisations 40
Health Information Bureau 40
Hospitals 34
International Certificates of Vaccination and Inoculation 37
Laboratory Facilities 34
Old People's Welfare 38
Personal Health Services 35
Clinics and Welfare Centres 35
Day Nurseries 37
Domestic Help Service 37
Staff Medical Examinations 39
STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT—TABLES
Bacteriological Examinations 62
Causes of Death in Age Groups 49
Deaths from Carcinoma of Lungs in Age Groups from year 1941 45
Disinfection 65
Extract from Vital Statistics 43
Factory Defects 56
Factory Inspections 56
General Statistics 43
Housing 58
Incidence of Cancer during the past 10 years 44
Incidence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Neoplasms of the Lung 46
Infant Deaths under 1 year in age groups 52
Infant Mortality 51
Infant Mortality Rates - England and Wales and various other
Countries from year 1948 54
Infectious Diseases-Notifications in age groups 61
Maternal Mortality 54
Medicinal Baths-Cleansing of Verminous Persons 65
Mortuary and Coroner's Court 60
Natural Increase or Decrease of the Population during the past 20
years 44
Outworkers 57
Sanitary Inspection, Notices served and complied with 55
Summonses-Proceedings instituted 55
Tuberculosis-Notifications and Deaths for the past 20 years 63
Tuberculosis-Notifications in Sex and Age Groups 63
Unsound Food Condemned 59
Vital Statistics of whole District from year 1925 47
CHARTS
Birth and Death Rates for the past 20 years 48
Number of Infant Deaths under 1 year of age during the past 20 years 53
Number of new cases of Tuberculosis notified during the past 20 years 64
Proportion of Deaths from Principal Causes 50