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Wimbledon 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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CONTENTS.
Medical Officer's Report—
Page
Public Health Committee
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee 1
Staff 2
Staff and Administration 5
New Premises 5
Natural and Social Conditions of the Area 6
Vital Statistics for 1928 7
Population, Birth and Death Rates for each Ward,
1928 7
Births 8
Deaths 8
Infantile Mortality 9
Poor Law Relief 10
General Provision of Health Services in the Area 10
List of Local Acts, Orders and Adoptive Acts, in
force 12
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 14
Sanitary Inspection of District 15
Factories and Workshops 10
Sanitary Inspector's Report—
Notices Served 19
Legal Proceedings 19
Opening up of Drains under Section 41 of the
Public Health Act, 1875, and Amending Acts 20
House Drainage 20
House to House Inspection 20
House Inspection 21
Overcrowding 21
Underground Dwellings 21
Houses Let in Lodgings 21
Verminous Rooms 21
Common Lodging Houses 22
Van Dwellings 22
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops 22
Infectious Disease and Disinfection 23
School Disinfection 24
Yard Paving 24
Stable Refuse 24
Inspections under the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901 24
Shops Acts, 1912-28 24
Slaughter Houses and Food Inspection 25
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1907 25
Petroleum Acts 26
Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1925 20
The Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924 27
Rent (Restrictions) Acts, 1920 and 1923 27
Water Supply 27
Employment Agencies 27
Employment of Children Bye-laws 28
Fouling of Footways by Dogs 28
Public Health (Smoke Abatement) Act, 1926 28
Housing Act, 1925 29
Summary Table—Nuisances Abated 30
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