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Kingston upon Thames 1955

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

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ANNUAL REPORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Page
Constitution of the Public Health Committee 1
Staff of the Public Health Department 1
SECTION A
Statistics and Social Conditions
(1) General Statistics 2
(2) Social Conditions 2. 3
(3) Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year:- 3
(a) Lire Births 4
(b) Stillbirths 4
(c) Deaths 4
(1) Death Rate 4
(ii) Maternal Death Rate 4
(iii) Infant Death Rate - Quinquennial
Infant Mortality Rate - Causes of
Death of Children under one year 4, 5
(iv) Deaths from Other Causes 6
Introduction to Tables on Vital Statistics 6
Table I - Extracts from Vital Statistics for
years 1951 - 1955 inclusive 7
Table II - Comparison of Vital Statistics
1926 - 1955 8
Table III - Causes of Death 9
SECTION B
General Provisions of Health Services
(1) (i) Laboratory Facilities 10
(ii) Hospitals?-
(a) Infectious Diseases 10
(b) Smallpox 10
(c) Genera 10
(2) Health Services provided by other Authorities;-
Surrey County Council Health Department 11
Surrey County Council Education Department 12
Surrey County Council Welfare Department 12
Surrey County Council Children's Department 13
Surrey Executive Council 13
(3) National Assistance Act, 1948 13
National Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1951 13
SECTION C
Sanitary Circumstances
(1) Water Supply 14
(2) Drainage and Sewerage 14
(3) Rivers and Streams 4
(4) Closet Accommodation 14
(5) Public Cleansing 4
(6) Sanitary Inspection of the Area 15
(7) ShOp 16