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Beckenham 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1949

Table: TABLE OF CONTENTS.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

1. Members of Public Health Committee3
2. Staff of the Department3
3. Introduction4
4. Vital Statistics5
5. Infantile Mortality, 19499
6. Sanitary Circumstances of the Area10
7. General Provision of Health Services in the Area10
8. Local Clinic Services11
9. Infectious Disease:—
(a) Comments on Major Infectious Diseases13
(b) Table of Cases15
(c) Tuberculosis—Incidence and Deaths17
10. Housing18
11. Sanitary Administration of the District—Report by Mr.G. A. Webber, Chief Sanitary Inspector23
(a) Introduction23
(b) Nuisances found and remedied24
(c) Housing Inspections24
(d) Properties not possessing main drainage25
(e) Moveable Dwellings25
(f) Legal proceedings2525
(g) Food premises25
(h) Food Sampling26
(i) Manufacture and Sale of Ice Cream27
(J) Factories Act31
(k) Water Supply31
(l) Shops Acts31
(m) Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act31