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CONTENTS OF REPORT
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Introductory Remarks of Medical Officer of Health 5
SECTION A : STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA:
General 6
Births, Birth Rate, Stillbirths, Stillbirth Rate 6
Deaths, Death Rate 7
Maternal Mortality 7
Infantile Mortality 7—8
Summary of Vital Statistics for the year 1963 8
Table showing Vital Statistics for the years 1936—1963 9
Table showing Causes of Death for the year 1963 10—11
Health Statistics 12
Deaths from Cancer of Lung and Bronchus 13
Road Traffic Accidents 14—15
SECTION B : PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES:
Notifications 16
Age and Ward Distribution of Infectious Diseases 17—18
Notes on Infectious Diseases 19—20
Diphtheria and Diphtheria Immunisation 21—22
Poliomyelitis Immunisation 22
Smallpox Vaccination 23
International Certificates of Vaccination 23
Chest Disease 23—24
SECTION C : GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA:
Establishments for Massage or Special Treatment 25
National Assistance Act, 1948 Section 47 and National Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1951 25
National Assistance Act 1948—Section 50—Public Burials 25
Hospital Facilities 25—26
Health Services provided by the Middlesex County Council 26
Medical Practitioner Service 26
Laboratory Facilities 27
Staff Medical Examinations 27
SECTION D : SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA:
Water Supply 28
Housing—Report of Housing Officer 28—29
Public Health Inspection—
Summary of Inspections 29—30
Notices Served 30
Housing—
Inspections 31
Improvement of Houses 31
Houses made fit 31—32
Houses in Multiple Occupation 32
Overcrowding 32
Common Lodging Houses 33
Rent Act, 1957 33
Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act, 1960 33
Drain Tests 34
Choked Drains 34
Sewerage and Sewage Disposal 34—35
Local Land Charges Enquiries 35—36
Scavenging of Private Passages and Accommodation Roads 36
Pest and Vermin Eradication 36
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 37
and Appendix on pages (60—61)
Disinfection 37
Domiciliary Laundry Service 37
Factories Act, 1961 38
and Appendix on pages (58—59)
Premises Licensed for Public Entertainment 38
Hairdressers and Barbers 39
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951 39
Swimming Baths 39—40
Pet Animals Act, 1951 40