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REPORT
OF THE
Medical Officer of Health
FOR THE YEAR 1929.
SPECIAL REPORTS (OTHER THAN THE HEALTH OF THE BOROUGH)
AND OUTSTANDING MATTERS BROUGHT BEFORE THE
PUBLIC HEALTH OR MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
COMMITTEES DURING THE YEAR.
SUMMARY,
1. Diseases, Infectious, etc., pages 30-38. Occurrence of Smallpox,
pages 30—32. Whooping Cough, pages iv, 24, 48.
2. Prevalence of Influenza, pages 24—25. Tuberculosis, pages 26—27,
38—44, Venereal Diseases, page 28.
3. Provision of Medicines, etc.—Insulin, page 37. Diphtheria Antitoxin,
page 32.
4. Meat, Food and Drugs.—(a) Unsound food prosecution, page 68.
(b) Labelling of Meat, pages 69—70. (c) "Cream Cakes and Pastries, pages 73—74.
(d) Restaurant Kitchens, page 69. (e) Unsatisfactory Churns, page 74. (f) Mercurial
poisoning, page 68.
5. Workshops, etc., pages 52—55. Housing, pages 61—67,
6. Sewer Emanations, pages 60—61. Scavenging, pages 55 -56,
7. Health Visitation and work of Voluntary Centres, Artificial Sunlight ,
etc., pages 18—22. Maternal Mortality, pages 10 - 12.
8. Legal Proceedings, pages 85—89
9. Index to Report, pages 93—96.