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REPORT
OF THE
Medical Officer of Health
FOR THE YEAR 1931.
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. Census information, 1931, pages 2-69-70.
2. Infectious Diseases etc , pages 29-37. Occurrence of Smallpox,pages
31,32. Measles, page 45.
3. Tuberculosis, pages 38-44. Venereal Diseases, pages 27, 28.
4. Provision of Medicines, etc., Insulin, page 37. Diphtheria
Anti-toxin, pages 32-33. Schick Test, page 32.
5. Meat, Food and Drugs.-(a) Unsound food, page 72.
"Cheese" Sandwiches, page 75. Butter containing boric acid, page 74. Black
currant pastilles, page 75. (d) Merchandise Marks Act, page, 56. Agricultural
Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1928, page 56. Certification of meat and
meat food products, page 72.
6. Workshops, pages 51-53. Housing, pages 60-68. Scavenging
page 54.
7. Health Visitation and work of Voluntary Centres, pages 17-21.
Artificial Sunlight, etc., page 44. Maternal mortality, pages 10-13.
8. Hospitals, Institutions, etc., page 79.
9. Legal Proceedings,-(a) Non-notification of infectious disease by parent
page 30. (b) Summary of other cases, pages 87-94.
10. Index to Report, pages, 96-99.