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CONTENTS
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Committees 1
Staff 2
Introduction 3
Social Conditions and Vital Statistics 9
Prevalence and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases 20
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 32
Housing 41
Legal Proceedings 46
Smoke Abatement and Air Pollution 50
Factories and Outwork 58
Inspection and Supervision of Food and Food Premises 62
Welfare of Aged Persons 78
Health Education 80
Services provided by other authorities and voluntary organisations 82
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 1932-1956 3
Drainage works carried out by the staff of the Department at owners'
request and expense 4/6
Details of Legal Proceedings under the Public Health (London) Act 7/21
Tables of monthly findings from Atmospheric Pollution Recording Stations 22/23
Summary of Analyses of Food Samples 24/25