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
Bexley 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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INDEX.
| ITEM | PAGE |
| Health Committee | 2 |
| Public Health Staff | 3 |
| Foreword | 4— 7 |
| STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. | |
| Acreage | 8 |
| Population | 8 |
| New Houses Erected | 8 |
| Unemployment | 8 |
| Social Conditions and Amenities | 8— 9 |
| Population Graph | 10 |
| Summary of Vital Statistics | 11 12 |
| Extracts from Vital Statistics— Births and Birth Rates | 12—13 |
| Stillbirths and Stillbirth Rates | 13—14 |
| Deaths and Death Rates | 14—15 |
| Causes of Death | 16 |
| Infantile Mortality | 17—18 |
| Maternal Deaths | 18 |
| GENERAL PROVISIONS OF HEALTH SERVICES | |
| Isolation Hospital Accommodation | 19 |
| General Hospitals | 19 |
| Ambulance Facilities | 19 |
| National Assistance Act, 1948 | 19 |
| Public Mortuary | 19 |
| Laboratory Facilities | 20 |
| Registration of Nursing Homes | 20 |
| SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH. | |
| Adoptive Acts and Byelaws | 21 |
| Water Supply | 22 |
| Drainage and Sewerage | 22 |
| Rivers and Streams | 22 |
| Chief Sanitary Inspector's Report | |
| Tables of Inspections and Improvements, etc. | 24—25 |
| Food Inspection | 26 |
| Tables—Factories Act, 1937 | 27 |
| Closet Accommodation | 28 |
| Public Cleansing Service | 28 |
| Refuse Collection and Disposal | 28 |
| Salvage | 28—29 |
| Public Conveniences | 29 |
| Atmospheric Pollution | 30 |
| Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 | 30—31 |
| Pet Animals Act, 1951 | 31 |
| Shops Act, 1950 | 31 |
| Swimming Pool | 32 |
| Verminous Premises | 32 |
| Wasp Destruction | 32 |
| Schools | 33 |
| Tents, Vans and Sheds | 33 |