London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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CONTENTS
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Accumulations of refuse 22
Aged and infirm persons 23
Atmospheric pollution 16
Bakehouses 22
Barbers and Hairdressers 14
Burials and cremations 20
Canal boats 20
Common lodging houses 21
Deaths 8a
Disinfection and disinfestation 14
Drainage reconstruction 21
Factories 15
Food supervision 24
Health education 25
Housing 26
Housing Repairs and Rents Act 21
Infectious disease 9
Legal proceedings 18
Marriages 8
Medicinal baths 14
Mortuary 20
Old People's Welfare 23
Outworkers 18
Pet Animals Act 20
Pharmacy and Poisons Acts 21
Pigeons 21
Rag Flock Act 21
Rodent control 20
Sanitary Inspectors—Summary of work.13
Shops Acts 20
Staff 6
Tuberculosis 11
Vital statistics 7
Water supply 21
Except where otherwise indicated, the figures in brackets
throughout this Report are the figures for 1954, and are shown for
comparison.