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Kingston upon Thames 1959

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

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ANNUAL REPORT.
1959
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Page
Preface i, ii, iii, iv.
Population i
Births i
Deaths i
Causes of Death i - ii
Infectious Disease ii
Housing and rehousing ii - iii
Clean Air Act iii
"Problem" Families and Social Reclamation iii - iv
The "Aged" iv
Constitution of Public Health Committee 1
Staff of 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) Live Births 4
(b) Stillbirths 4
(c) Total Live and Stillbirths 4.
(d) Deaths 4
(i) Death Rate 4
(ii) Infant Deaths 4
(iii) Maternal Deaths 4
(e) Maternal Mortality Rate 4
Infant Mortality Rate 1955-1959 5
Quinquennial Infant Mortality Rate 5
Causes of Death of Children under 1 year 5
(iv) Deaths from Other Causes 6
Introduction to Tables on Vital Statistics 6
Table I - Extract from Vital Statistics for the
years 1955-1959 7
Table II - Comparison of Vital Statistics 1930-1959. 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) General 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. 13
Surrey County Council - Social & Geriatric
Services 13
Surrey County Council - Children's Department 13
Surrey Executive Council 13
(3) National Assistance Act, 1948 14
National Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1951)