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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
Illegitimate Infants 12
Comparative Statistics 13
SECTION B—GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
FOR THE AREA.
Clinics and Treatment Centres 14
Health Visitors 14
District Nurses and Midwifery Services 14
Moral Welfare 14
Home and Domestic Help Services 14
Ambulance Facilities 14
Day Nurseries 14
Hospitals 15
Laboratory Facilities 15
Mortuary 15
Nursing Homes 15
SECTION C—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Water Supply 17
Sanitary Inspection 18
Sanitary Defects 19
Notices Served 20
Prosecutions 21
Complaints 21
Petroleum Acts 22
Disinfection and Disinfestation 23
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 23
Smoke Abatement 24
Rag, Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951 24
Pet Animals Act, 1951 25
Diseases of Animals Act, 1950 25
Drainage and Sewerage Systems Tested 26
Factories Act 1937 26
Shops Act 1950
SECTION D—HOUSING.
Housing 28
Council's Housing Programme 30
Moveable Dwellings 31
Closing Orders 31
Slum Clearance 31
Housing Repairs and Rents Act 1954
SECTION E—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Food Inspection
Sampling of Food and Drugs
Classification of Food Premises 36
Inspection of Food Premises 36
Byelaws37
Richmond Clean Food Traders' Guild 38
Sale and Storage of Ice Cream 38
Milk—Licencing and Sampling
SECTION F—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
Notification of Infectious Diseases 41
Admission to Infectious Diseases Hospitals 41
Food Poisoning 41
Diphtheria Immunisation 41
Whooping Cough Immunisation 42
Vaccination Against Smallpox 43
Verminous Conditions—Scabies and Head Lice 44
Tuberculosis 44