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CONTENTS OF REPORT
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Introductory Remarks of Medical Officer of Health 4-5
SECTION As STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA:
General 6
Births, Birth Rate, Stillbirths, Stillbirth Rate 6-7
Deaths, Death Rate 7
Maternal Mortality 8
Infantile Mortality 8-10
Summary of Vital Statistics for the year 1962 10
Table Showing Vital Statistics for the years 1936-1962 11
Table showing Causes of Death for the year 1962 12-13
Health Statistics 14-15
Deaths from Cancer of Lung and Bronchus 16
Road Traffic Accidents 17-19
Home and Road Traffic Accidents 20-22
SECTION B: PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES:
Notifications 23
Age and Ward Distribution of Infectious Diseases 24-25
Notes on Infectious Diseases 26-28
Diphtheria and Diphtheria Immunisation 29-30
Poliomyelitis Immunisation 31
Smallpox Vaccination 31
International Certificates of Vaccination 31
Chest Disease 32-33
Report of Chest Physician, Edgware Chest Clinic 34-39
SECTION C: GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA:
Establishments for Massage or Special Treatment 40
National Assistance Act, 1948 and National Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1951 - 40
Section 47
National Assistance Act, 1948 - Section 50 - Public Burials 41
Hospital Facilities 41
Health Services Provided by the Middlesex County Council 41-42
Medical Practitioner Service 42
Laboratory Facilities 42
Annual Report of the Edgware Group Health Services Liaison Committee 43-45
Welfare of Old People 45-48
Hendon Old People's Housing Society 48-49
Staff Medical Examinations 49
SECTION D: SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA:
Water Supply 50
Housing - Report of Housing Officer 51-52
Public Health Inspection -
Summary of Inspections 52-54
Notices Served 55
Housing -
Inspections 55
Housing Act, 1957 56
Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1958 56
Houses Made Fit 57
Slum Clearance Programme 57
Overcrowding 58
Common Lodging Houses 59