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Beckenham 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1950.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGE
1. Members of the Public Health Committee 1
2. Staff of the Public Health Department 2
3. Introduction 4
4. General Provision of Health Services in the Area 7
5. Local Clinic Services 9
6. Infectious Disease:—
(a) Table of Cases 10
(b) Medical Officer's comments 11
(c) Tuberculosis—Incidence and Deaths 12
(d) The work of the Chest Clinics—Report by Dr.
D. G. Madigan 13
7. Housing 15
8. Report on the Sanitary Administration of the District by
Mr. G. A. Webber, Chief Sanitary Inspector
Introduction 16
Nuisances found and remedied 17
Housing inspections 17
Properties not possessing main drainage 17
Legal proceedings 18
Moveable Dwellings 18
Food premises 18
Unsound food 19
Food and Drugs sampling 19
Waterways 22
Noise Nuisances 22
Smoke Nuisances 22
Disinfection 22
Rat and Mouse Repression 22
Ice Cream Manufacture and Sale 23
Factories 23
Water Supply 23
Shops Acts 24
Mortuary 24
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