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Hammersmith 1955

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

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CONTENTS
Page
Introduction 1-3
Staff 4
SECTION A - Social conditions and Statistics:-
Births 8
Deaths 8
Infant Mortality 9
Marriages 8
Maternal Mortality 9
Population 8
Social Conditions 5
SECTION B - Prevalence of and control over
Infectious Diseases:-
Contacts and Carriers - Sickness Benefit 10
Food Poisoning 12
Health Laundry 14
Medicinal Baths 12
Notifications 10
Poliomyelitis 11
Tuberculosis 10
SECTION C - Housing:-
Overcrowding (Section 61) 21
Permanent Estates 20
Re-housing 19
SECTION D - inspection and supervision of Food:-
Clean Food Campaign - Hammersmith Clean Food 32
Traders Guild
Designated Milk - Licenses 31
Food & Drugs Act, 1938 22
Ice Cream 30
Markets 28
Meat and other Foods 23
Milk Supplies 30
Olympia Exhibition Halls 29
Pharmacy & Poisons Act, 1933 29
Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulation,1923/48 32
Sampling 24
Wormwood Scrubs Fair 28
SECTION E - Sanitary Administration:-
Coroner's Court and Public Mortuary 37
Exhumation and Re-interment of bodies 35
Heating Appliances (Fire Guards) Act, 1952 38
Housing Repairs and Rent Act, 1954 35
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1952 Rag and Bone
Dealers 38
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1954 - Hairdressers
and Barbers 38
Pet Animals Act, 1951 37
Public Baths and Washhouses 38
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951 37
Staff - Inspectorial 35