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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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CONTENTS
Page
Committees 1
St a f f 2
Introduction 3
Social Conditions and Vital Statistics 6
Infectious and Contagious Diseases 17
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 29
Housing 38
Legal Proceedings 48
Atmospheric Pollution 50
Factories, Shops and Offices 60
Inspection and Supervision of Pood and Pood Premises 63
Welfare of Aged Persons 75
Health Education 77
Services provided by other authorities and voluntary organisations 78
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 1933-1963 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 7/15
Factories and Outwork 16/18
Summary of Analyses of Pood Samples 19/22