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 Bexley]
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INDEX.
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Health Committee 2
Public Health Staff 3
Foreword 4— 9
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Acreage 10
Population 10
New Houses Erected 10
Unemployment 10
Social Conditions and Amenities 10—11
Population Graph 12
Summary of Vital Statistics 13—14
Extracts from Vital Statistics—
Births and Birth Rates 14—15
Stillbirths and Stillbirth Rates 15
Deaths and Death Rates 16—17
Causes of Death 18
Infantile Mortality 19—20
Maternal Deaths 20
GENERAL PROVISIONS OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Isolation Hospital Accommodation 21
General Hospitals 21
Ambulance Facilities 21
National Assistance Act, 1948 21
Public Mortuary 21
Laboratory Facilities 22
Registration of Nursing Homes 22
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH.
Adoptive Acts and Byelaws 23
Water Supply 24
Drainage and Sewerage 24
Rivers and Streams 24
Chief Sanitary Inspector's Report—
Tables of Inspections and Improvements, etc. 26—27
Food Inspection 28
Tables—Factories Act, 1937 29
Closet Accommodation 30
Public Cleansing Service 30
Refuse Collection and Disposal 30
Salvage 31
Public Conveniences 31
Atmospheric Pollution 32
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 33
Pet Animals Act, 1951 33
Shops Act, 1950 34
Swimming Pool 35
Verminous Premises 35
Wasp Destruction 35
Schools 35
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