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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Harrow 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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General Statistics 8
Deaths from Accidents 13
Cancer of the Lung 15
General Health Services
Hospitals 18
Nursing Homes 22
Establishments for Massage and Special Treatment 23
Nursing, etc., in the Home 24
Day Nurseries 25
Clinics and Treatment Centres 25
Provision for Special Classes of Person 28
The Aged 30
Laboratory Facilities 34
Ambulances 35
Legislation 37
Sanitary Circumstances 38
Water 38
Fluoridation 39
Drainage 40
Public Cleansing 41
Public Conveniences 44
Disposal of the Dead 45
Sanitary Inspection 47
Housing 50
Factories 54
Shops Act 57
Atmospheric Pollution 59
Hazards of Radiation 61
Inspection and Supervision of Food 66
Hygiene of Food 72
Infectious and Other Diseases 74
Prevention and Control 74
Poliomyelitis 90
Tuberculosis 99
B.C.G 102