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Holborn 1937

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

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INDEX.
Page
Public Health Committee 6
Housing of the Working Classes Committee 6
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee 7
Tuberculosis Care Committee 7
Staff 8
Statistics and Social Conditions
Statistical Summary 9
Vital Statistics 9
Births 10
Deaths 10
Infantile Mortality 11
Deaths in Public Institutions 12
General Provision of Health Services 12
Sanitary Circumstances
Removal of Offal 18
Sanitary Inspection of District 18
Notices served 19
By-laws as to Houses let in Lodgings 21
Rag and Bone Dealers 21
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919 21
National Rat Week 23
Drainage Works 23
Smoke Abatement 23
Inspection of Workshops 24
Factories 25
Outworkers 26
Rag Flock, Regulation of Sale and Use of 26
Shops Acts 26
Inspection of Private Swimming Baths 26
Housing
Statistics 27
Housing Accommodation on L.C.C. Estates 28
Abatement of Overcrowding 28
Re-Housing 30
Removal Expenses 30
Inspection and Supervision of Food.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milk Shops 30
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936 30
Milk—Bacteriological Examination 31
Margarine 32
Bakehouses 32
Sale of Fish 32
Fried Fish Shops 32
Market Streets and Exposure of Food Generally 33
Street Trading 33
Ice Cream 33
Meat Regulations 35
Places where Food is Prepared for Sale 35
Inspection of Restaurant Kitchens 35
Unsound Food 35
Preservatives in Food Regulations 36
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928 38
Articles Analysed 38
Report of Borough Analyst for Year 1937 38
The Merchandise Marks Act, 1926 42
Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 187 44
Registration of Food Premises 45
Notification of Food Poisoning 45
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933 45