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METROPOLITAN
BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM
Report
of the
Medical Officer of Health
for the Year 1953
E. H. R. Smithard, MBE, MD, DPH
CONTENTS
page
Staff 2
Introduction 3
Vital Statistics 7
General Provision of Health Services 22
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 44
Housing 57
Inspection and Supervision of Food 68
Infectious Diseases 82
Appendix A — Statutory Instruments 96
„ B — Legal Proceedings 98
„ C — Special Reports to Health Committee 101
„ D — Census of Distribution and other
Services 102
„ E — Further details from the 1951 Census
of Population 105
List of Tables 110
Index 111