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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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CONTENTS
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Committees 1
Staff 2
Introduction 3
Social Conditions and Vital Statistics 6
Infectious and Contagious Diseases 17
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 29
Housing 39
Legal Proceedings 48
Atmospheric Pollution 50
Factories, Shops and Offices 58
Inspection and Supervision of Food and Food Premises 60
Welfare of Aged Persons 72
Health Education 74
Services provided by other authorities and voluntary organisations 76
APPENDIX
Causes of deaths, in age groups, of Hackney Residents 1
Births and Deaths, with Rates, in Hackney, and Birth and Death Rates in
the County of London and England and Wales 1938-1962 3
Drainage works carried out by the staff of the Department at owners'
request and expense 4
Details of Legal Proceedings under the Public Health (London) Act, etc. 8
Factories and Outwork 17
Summary of Analyses of Food Samples 20