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CONTENTS OF REPORT Page
Members of Borough Council and Public Health Committee 3
Introductory Remarks of Medical Officer of Health 4
SECTION A: STATISTICS & SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA:
General 6
Births, Birth Rate, Still Births, Still Birth Rate 7
Deaths, Death Rate 7
Maternal and Infantile Mortality 7-10
Sunmary of Vital Statistics for the Year 1953 11
Table showing Vital Statistics for the Years 1952-1953 12
Table showing Causes of Death during 1953 13
Table showing Age Distribution of Deaths during 1953 14
Road Traffic Accidents 14-16
SECTION B: PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES:
Notifications 17
Age and Ward Distribution of Infectious Diseases 18-19
Food Poisoning and Poliomyelitis 20
Para-typhoid Fever and Scarlet Fever 21
Measles and Whooping Cough 22
Malaria 22
Puerperal Pyrexia 22-23
Diphtheria and Diphtheria Immunisation 23
Smallpox and Vaccination 24
Tuberculosis 24-26
Report of Chest physician 27-28
SECTION C: GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR
THE AREA:
Establishments for Massage and Special Treatment 29
Public Burials 29
Action under Section 47, National Assistance Act, 1948 30
Hospital Facilities 30
Health Services provided by Middlesex County Council 31
Laboratory Facilities 31
Medical Examinations 32
Welfare of Old People 32-35
SECTION D: SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA;
Water Supply 36
Housing 37
Summary of Inspections carried out by Sanitary Inspectors 38-39
Notices served 40
Inspection of Dwellinghouses 40
Legal Proceedings under Public Health Act, 1936 40
Return of Clearance Areas and Individual Unfit Houses 41
Cinemas and Places of Entertainment and Licensed Houses 42
Smoke Abatement 42
Cesspools 42
Disinfestation and Disinfection 42
Swimming Baths 43
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951 43
Pet Animals Act, 1951 43
Hairdressers and Barbers 43
Rodent Control 43-45
Administration of Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948 46-47
SECTION E: INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Food and Food Premises 48
Action taken in connection with Food Stores and Shops 48
Number and Type of Food Premises in the Area 49
Food and Drugs Act, 1938 - Section 14 49
Registration of Hawkers and Premises 50
Milk Supply 50
Unsound Food 50-52
Food & Drugs Act, 1938 - Sampling 53
Slaughterhouses 54