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Richmond upon Thames 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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CONTENTS
Page
Introductory Letter
List of Staff 3-4
SECTION A—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Social Conditions 5
Births 5
Deaths 6
Comparative Statistics Table 7
The Health of the Borough 8-9
SECTION B—GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Laboratory Work 10
Ambulance Facilities11-12
List of Treatment CEntres & Clinics 13
Health Visitors 14-15
Premature Infants 16
Care of Illegitimate Children 17-18
Nursing Homes 18
Wartime Nurseries 19
Home and Domestic Help Service 19-20
SECTION C—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES
Water Supply 21-22
Sanitary Inspection 22-25
Sanitary Defects 25-28
Notices Served 28-29
Complaints Received 30
Food Inspection 32
Petroleum Acts 32
Disinfection and Disinfestation 33
Destruction of Insect Pests and the use of D.D.T 33
Diseases of Animals Acts 34
Rats and Mice Destruction Act 34-35
SECTION D—HOUSING
Housing 36
Council's Housing Programme 36-37
SECTION E—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 38
Milk 38
SECTION F—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
Notification of Infectious Disease 39
Precautions against Typhus and Smallpox 39
Admissions to South Middlesex Fever Hospital 40
Diphtheria Immunisation
Verminous Conditions—Scabies and Head-lice 42-44
Tuberculosis 42-44
INDEX 45-46