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Richmond upon Thames 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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CONTENTS.
Page.
List of Staff 2
Preface 3
SECTION A—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Social Conditions 10
Births 10
Deaths 10
Maternal Mortality 11
Infant Mortality 11
Premature Infants 12
Comparative Statistics 13
SECTION C—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Water Supply 14
Sanitary Inspection 16
Sanitary Defects 19
Notices Served 21
Complaints Received 23
Food Inspection 24
Food Premises 24
Byelaws 25
Richmond Clean Food Traders' Guild 25
Petroleum Acts 26
Disinfection and Disinfestation 26
Rodent Control 27
Smoke Abatement
Rag, Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951 28
SECTION D—HOUSING.
Housing 30
Council's Housing Programme 32
SECTION E—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Sale of Food and Drugs 34
The Food and Drugs (Milk 6? Dairies) Act, 1944 35
Ice Cream 36
SECTION F—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
Notification of Infectious Diseases 37
Admission to Infectious Diseases Hospitals 37
Laboratory Facilities 37
Food Poisoning 38
Diphtheria Immunisation 38
Whooping Cough Immunisation 39
Vaccination Against Smallpox 39
Verminous Conditions—Scabies and Head Lice _
Tuberculosis