London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Orpington 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
This page requires JavaScript
2
Page
Section F. Inspection and Supervision of Food.
Food Sampling 32
Slaughterhouses 33
Meat Inspection 34
Butchers' Shops 34
Bakehouses 34
Food Complaints 34
Milk 34
Ice Cream 35
Food Preparing Places 36
Unsound Food 36
Section G. Infectious Diseases.
Anterior Poliomyelitis 40
Smallpox 40
Vaccination 41
Scarlet Fever 41
Diphtheria 41
Diphtheria Immunisation 41
Measles 42
Whooping Cough 42
Tuberculosis 42
Paratyphoid 43
Food Poisoning 44
Dysentery 45
Section H. Refuse Collection and Disposal.
Refuse Collection and Disposal 48
Section J. Health Education 52
APPENDIX—STATISTICAL TABLES.
Table
I. Summary of Statistics 55
II. Cause of Death 56
III. Sanitary Inspection of the Area 57
IV. Housing Inspection—Defects Remedied 59
V. Infectious Diseases—Notifications and Age Groups 61
VI. Factories Acts 62
VII. Food and Drugs Sampling 64
VIII. Water Supply—Analysis 66
IX. Schedule of Parks and Open Spaces 67