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CONTENTS
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Committees 1
Staff 2
Introduction 3
Social Conditions and Vital Statistics 8
Inspection and Supervision of Pood and Food Premises 19
Prevalence and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases 32
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 46
Housing 56
Legal Proceedings 64
Atmospheric Pollution 67
Factories and Outwork 80
Welfare of Aged Persons 84
Health Education 86
Services provided by other authorities and voluntary organisations 89
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 1933-1957 3
Drainage works carried out by the staff of the Department at owners' request
and expense 4/5
Details of Legal Proceedings under the Public Health (London) Act 6/19
Tables of monthly findings from Atmospheric Pollution Recording Stations 20/21
Summary of Analyses of Pood Samples 22/23