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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
Chislehurst 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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Section F. Inspection and Supervision of Food.
Food Sampling 32
Food Preparing Places 33
Unsound Food 34
Slaughterhouses 34
Piggeries 35
Inspection of Food Premises 35
Milk 35
Ice Cream 35
Section G. Infectious Diseases.
Smallpox 38
Vaccination 38
Anterior Poliomyelitis 39
Scarlet Fever 39
Diphtheria 39
Diphtheria Immunisation 39
Paratyphoid 40
Measles 41
Whooping Cough 41
Tuberculosis 41
Food Poisoning 42
Dysentery 42
General 43
Section H. Other Services.
Nursing Homes 46
Health Education 46
Public Mortuary 47
Parks and Open Spaces 47
APPENDIX—STATISTICAL TABLES.
Table I.—Summary of Statistics 51
„ II.—Causes of Death 52
„ III.—Sanitary Inspection of the Area 53
„ IV.—Factories Acts 54
„ V.—Water Supply — Analysis 56
„ VI.—Tuberculosis Rates 58
„ VII.—Tuberculosis—Summary of Quarterly Returns, 1951 59
„ VIII.—Tuberculosis — Age Groups, 1951 60
„ IX.—Commons, Parks and Open Spaces 61