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CONTENTS
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Committees 1
Staff 2
Introduction 3
Social Conditions and Vital Statistics 7
Prevalence and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases 20
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 34
Radioactivity 46
Housing 49
Legal Proceedings 58
Atmospheric Pollution 61
Factories and Outwork 77
Inspection and Supervision of Food and Food Premises 78
Welfare of Aged Persons 93
Health Education 94
Services provided by other authorities and voluntary organisations 96
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 1935-1959 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 7/12
Tables of monthly findings from Atmospheric Pollution Recording Stations 13/14
Factories and Outwork 15/17
Summary of Analyses of Food Samples 18/20