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Kingston upon Thames 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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(10) Atmospheric Pollution 19,20,
21,22
(11) Swimming Baths and Pools 23
(12) Eradication of Bed Bugs 23
(13) Complaints 23
(14) Rodent and Insect Pest Control 23,22,25
(15) Rag Flock Act 25
SECTION D
Housing
General 25,26
SECTION E
Inspection and Supervision of Food
(a) Milk Supply 26
(b) Designated Milks 26
(c) Bacteriological Examination of Milk 27
(d) Ice Cream 27
(e) Meat and Other Foods 27,28,29
(f) Food Hygiene 29,30
Food and Drugs Act, 1938 30,31
Tabulated Statement of Samples Submitted to the
Public Analyst during 1953 31
Merchandise Marks Act, 1926 31
SECTION F
Infectious Diseases
Notifiable Diseases 32
Table V - Notifiable Diseases during 1953 33
Table VI - Comparative Statement of Notifications of
Certain Infectious Diseases 34
Scarlet Fever 34,35
Diphtheria 35
Poliomyelitis 35
Acute Infective Encephalitis 35
Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Paratyphoid) 35
Measles 35
Whooping 'Cough 36
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 36
Puerperal Pyrexia 36
Food Poisoning 36
Tuberculosis 37,38,39
Table VII - Notified Cases of Deaths from
Tuberculosis in 1953 38
Scabies 40
Infestation by Head Lice 40
Prevention of Infectious Disease - Diphtheria
Immunisation 40
Table VIII - Comparative Statement of Diphtheria
Immunisation during the years 1951,
1952, and 1953 41