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Hammersmith 1960

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

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CONTENTS
(Alphabetical Index—page 68) Page
Introduction 1
Staff 2
SECTION A—Social Conditions and Statistics :—
Births 4
Deaths 4
Infant Mortality 5
Marriages 4
Maternal Mortality 5
Population 4
Social Conditions 3
SECTION B—-Prevalence of and Control over Infectious Diseases :—
Contacts and Carriers—Sickness Benefit 6
Dysentery 8
Food Poisoning 8
Health Laundry 11
Measles 6
Medicinal Baths 9
Notifications 6
Poliomyelitis 7
Smallpox 7
Tuberculosis 7
SECTION C—Housing
Permanent Estates 16
Re-housing 15
SECTION D—Inspection and Supervision of Food :—
Bacteriological Examination of Food 20
Designated Milk Licences 22
Food and Drugs Act, 1955, and Food Hygiene Regs., 1955 & 1960 17
Ice Cream 21
Ice Cream and Preserved Food Premises 22
Markets 24
Milk Supplies 22
Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulations, 1923-48 24
Sampling 18
SECTION E—Environmental Hygiene—Administration :—
Coroner's Court and Public Mortuary 27
Exhumation and Re-interment of Bodies 26
Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954 27
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1952—Rag and Bone Dealers 27
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1954—Hairdressers and Barbers 28
Pet Animals Act, 1951 27
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933, and Pharmacy and
Medicines Act, 1941 28
Public Baths and Washhouses 27
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951 27
Rent Act, 1957 27
Staff—Inspectorial 26
SECTION F—Sanitary Circumstances :
Atmospheric Pollution 32
Clean Air Act, 1956 32
Maps—Smoke Control Areas 34-37
Drainage 30
Dustbins 30
Factories 30
Inter-Borough Smoke Liaison Committee 33