Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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CONTENTS
Section 1.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND TUBERCULOSIS Page
Infectious Diseases 5
Mass X-Ray 5
Diphtheria Immunisation 7
Laboratory Services 8
Outbreak of dysentery in a Hornsey School 8
Food Poisoning 9
Section 2.—SANITARY INSPECTION
Inspection of Shops 11
Rag Flock and other Filling Materials Act 1951 13
Rodent Control 14
Storage of Petroleum 16
The Moselle 17
Section 3.—HOUSING
Service of Housing Notices 19
Campsbourne Clearance Area 19
Demolition and Closing Orders 20
Post War Housing Development 21
Section 4.—FOOD
Inspection of Food Premises 23
Lectures on Food Hygiene 24
Prosecutions 24
Milk Supply 25
Ice Cream 25
Bakehouses 25
Slaughterhouses 26
Registration of Hawkers of Food and their Storage Premises 26
Registration of Premises for the Manufacturing of Preserved Foods 26
Byelaws— Restrictions on Smoking 26
Water Supply 27
Section 5.—NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT
Persons in Need of Care and Attention 29
Burial or Cremation of the Dead 30
Section 6.—GENERAL
Medical Examination of Staff 31
Area Health Service 31
Area Welfare Service 31
Lunacy and Mental Treatment Acts 31
Ambulance Service 31
Mildura Court Welfare Centre 31
Veterinary Inspection in Hornsey 32
Mothercraft Training Society 34
Open Air Swimming Pool 34
Public Mortuary 35
Section 7.—STATISTICAL TABLES 37
APPENDIX: STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL
MEDICAL OFFICER 55
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