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Bexley 1954

[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
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—29
Salvage 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 32
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