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Cast Barnet Urban District Council
EIGHTIETH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1953.
To the Chairman and Members of the
East Barnet Urban District Council
I have the honour to present to you my Report for the year
1953.
The opportunity has been taken to redraft the form of the
report in the belief that it will give a more complete picture of the
Health and Sanitary conditions of the area.
Special attention is drawn to the work done under the general
heading of Food Hygiene and all cases of illness possibly due to
infected food have been thoroughly investigated. It can be said
that Food Hygiene is carefully observed throughout the area. In
the coming year a further drive is contemplated on this subject.
Housing still remains our greatest problem and the utmost
endeavour is being made to obtain rehousing for those families
living under insanitary conditions. At the same time, other houses
are being continuously repaired to ensure that they do not deteriorate
more than is inevitable in the course of time. It is worthy of note
that, with the willing co-operation of the Housing Committee, five
families from the special tuberculosis list have been rehoused, but
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