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Hammersmith 1959

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

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CONTENTS
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Introduction 1
Staff 2
SECTION A—Social Conditions and Statistics :—
Births 4
Deaths 4
Infant Mortality 4
Marriages 3
Maternal Mortality 4
Population 3
Social Conditions 3
SECTION B—Prevalence of and Control over Infectious Diseases :—
Contacts and Carriers—Sickness Benefit 5
Dysentery 7
Food Poisoning 5
Health Laundry 9
Medicinal Baths 7
Notifications 5
Poliomyelitis 5
Tuberculosis 5
SECTION C—Housing :—
Permanent Estates 13
Re-housing 12
SECTION D—Inspection and Supervision of Food:—
Bacteriological Examination of Food 17
Basement Bakehouses 21
Designated Milk Licences 20
Food and Drugs Act, 1955, and Food Hygiene Regs., 1955 14
Ice Cream 18
Ice Cream and Preserved Food Premises 19
Markets 21
Milk Supplies 20
Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulations, 1923-48 21
Sampling 15
SECTION E—Sanitary Administration:—
Coroner's Court and Public Mortuary 23
Exhumation and Re-interment of Bodies 22
Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954 22
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1952—Rag and Bone Dealers 24
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1954—Hairdressers and Barbers 24
Pet Animals Act, 1951 23
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933, and Pharmacy and
Medicines Act, 1941 24
Public Baths and Washhouses 24
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951 23
Rent Act, 1957 22
Staff—Inspectorial 22
SECTION F—Sanitary Circumstances :
Atmospheric Pollution 26
Clean Air Act, 1956 27
Drainage 25
Dustbins 25
Factories 26
Inter-Borough Smoke Liaison Committee 27
Public Cleansing 25