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
Page
Introduction 1
Staff 2
SECTION A—Social Conditions and Statistics:-
Births 4
Deaths 4
Infant Mortality 4
Marriages 4
Maternal Mortality4
Population 3
Social Conditions 3
SECTION B—Prevalence of and Control over Infectious Diseases:-
Contacts and Carriers—Sickness Benefit 5
Dysentery 6
Food Poisoning 6
Health Laundry9
Medicinal Baths 6
Notifications 5
Poliomyelitis 6
Tuberculosis 5
SECTION C—Housing:-
Overcrowding (Licences) 13
Permanent Estates 13
Re-housing 12
SECTION D—Inspection and Supervision of Food:-
Designated Milk Licences 19
Food and Drugs Act, 1955 14
Ice Cream 17
Ice Cream and Preserved Food Premises 18
Markets 16
Milk Supplies 19
Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulations, 1923-48 19
Sampling 15
Wormwood Scrubs Fair 17
SECTION E—Sanitary Administration:-
Coroner's Court and Public Mortuary 20
Exhumation and Re-interment of Bodies 20
Housing Repairs and Rent Act, 1954 20
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1952—Rag and Bone Dealers 21
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1954 Hairdressers and Barbers 22
Pet Animals Act, 1951 21
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933, and Pharmacy and Medicines
Act, 1941 22
Public Baths and Washhouses 21
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951 21
Rent Act, 1957 20
Staff—Inspectorial 20
SECTION F—Sanitary Circumstances:-
Atmospheric Pollution 24
Clean Air Act, 1956 26
Drainage 23
Dustbins 23