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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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CONTENTS
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Aged and infirm persons 20
Atmospheric pollution 14
Bakehouses 23
Burials and cremations 19
Common Lodging houses 20
Deaths 9
Disinfection and disinfestation 14
Drainage reconstruction 20
Factories 16
Food supervision 22
Hairdressers and barbers 23
Holiday Home 21
Home safety 22
Housing 25
Housing Repairs and Rents Act 24
Infectious disease 11
Legal proceedings 18
Marriages 7
Medicinal baths 13
Mortuary 19
National Assistance Acts 21
Outworkers 18
Pet Animals Act 19
Pharmacy and Poisons Acts 20
Pigeons 19
Protective helmets 24
Public Health Inspectors—Summary of work 13
Rag Flock Act 20
Rent Act, 1957 24
Rodent control 19
Shops Acts 19
Slum clearance 27
Smoke control areas 15
Staff 5
Vital statistics 6
Water-closet byelaws 24
Water supply 20
Except where otherwise indicated, the figures in brackets
throughout this Report are the figures for 1956, and are shown for
comparison.