Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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Section E. Housing.
Housing Statistics 38
Clearance Areas, Housing Acts, 1936-1949 38
Re-housing 38
Moveable Dwellings 39
Section F. Inspection and Supervision of Food.
Food and Drugs Act, 1938—Food Sampling
Clean Food Bye-laws 45
Special Samples—Milk, Ice Cream and Water 45
Ice Cream 45
Food and Drugs Act, 1938—Section 14 46
Food Premises 46
Milk 46
Unsound Food 46
Food Complaints 42
Meat Inspection 47
Restaurants, Hotels and Canteens 48
Butchers' Shops 48
Bakehouses 48
Section G. Prevalence of, and Control over Infectious
and other diseases.
Smallpox 50
Vaccination 50
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis 50
Scarlet Fever 51
Diphtheria 51
Diphtheria Immunisation 51
Typhoid Fever 52
Puerperal Pyrexia 52
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 52
Pemphigus Neonatorum 52
Measles 52
Whooping Cough 52
Food Poisoning 53
Other Infectious Diseases 53
Tuberculosis 53
Mass Radiography 54
Section H. Refuse Collection and Disposal.
Refuse Collection and Disposal 56
Appendix. Statistical Tables.
Table I.—Summary of Statistics 59
„ II.—Causes of Death 60
„ III.—Infant Mortality 61
,, IV.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases—Sex and Age
Distribution 62
„ V.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases—Ward Distribution,
Attack and Mortality Rates 63
,, VI.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases—Seasonal Incidence 64
,, VII.—Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors 65
,, VIII.—Nuisances, Defects and Contraventions Abated 67