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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 15
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 31
Housing 49
Legal Proceedings 63
Smoke Abatement and Air Pollution 66
Factories and Outwork 70
Inspection and Supervision of Food and Food Premises 76
Welfare of Aged Persons 88
Health Education 92
Services provided by other authorities and voluntary organisations 94
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 4/4a
Details of Legal Proceedings under the Public Health (London) Act 5/13
Table of monthly findings from Atmospheric Pollution Recording Stations 14/15
Summary of Analyses of Pood Samples 16/18