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Wimbledon 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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LIST OF CONTENTS.
Page
Introduction 1-2
Health Committee Members and Health Sub-Committee
Members 4
List of Staff 5
SECTION A: STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS:
Statistics, etc. 6-8
Births 8
Deaths Registered 8-9
Infantile Mortality 10-11
Summary of Statistics 12
SECTION B: GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH
SERVICES:
Nursing Homes 13
National Assistance Act, 1948 14
Mass Radiography 14-15
Clean Food Advisory Committee 15
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act, 1952 15
SECTION C: SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES:
Water Supply 16
Sanitary Inspectors' Visits 16-17
Notices Served 17
Nuisances abated and defects remedied 17-18
Factories Act, 1937, Part I. 19
Outworkers 20
Bakehouses 20
SECTION D: HOUSING 21-22
SECTION E: INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF
FOOD:
Milk 23
Ice cream 23
Meat and other Foods 23-25
Sampling of Food and Drugs 25-26
Prevention of Damage by Pests 26-27
SECTION F : PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES:
Diphtheria Immunisation 29
Notifiable Infectious Diseases, etc 30-31
Tuberculosis 32-33
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