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CONTENTS
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Committees 1
Staff 2
Introduction 3
Physical Features, Social Conditions and Vital Statistics 6
Prevalence and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases 12
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 22
Housing 36
Legal Proceedings 47
Smoke Abatement and Air Pollution 50
Factories and Outwork 56
Inspection and Supervision of Food and Food Premises 62
Welfare of Aged Persons 75
Services provided by other authorities and voluntary organisations 79
Health Education 81
APPENDIX
Causes of deaths, in age groups, of Hackney Residents 1/2
Births and Deaths, with Rates, in Hackney, and Birth and Death Rates in the
County of London and England and Wales 1930-1954 3
Drainage works carried out by the staff of the Department at owners' request
and expense 4
Housing Statistics 5/6
Details of Legal Proceedings under the Public Health and Housing Acts 7/16
Table of monthly findings from Atmospheric Pollution Recording Stations 17
Summary of Analyses of Food Samples 18/19