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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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CONTENTS
Page
Committees 1
Staff 2
Introduction 3
Social Conditions and Vital Statistics 8
Prevalence and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases 21
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 33
Housing 41
Legal Proceedings 47
Atmospheric Pollution 50
Factories and Outwork 58
Inspection and Supervision of Pood and Food Premises . 62
Welfare of Aged Persons 77
Health Education 79
Services provided by other authorities and voluntary organisations 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 1934 1958 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 7/16
Tables of monthly findings from Atmospheric Pollution Recording Stations 17/18
Summary of Analyses of Pood Samples 19/20