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Ilford 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
GENERAL.
SECTION I.—NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE DISTRICT.
Page
Statistical Summary 17
Physical Features and General Character ot the
District 18
Rainfall 18
Poor Relief 18
Hospital Provision
Population 9
Births 24
Deaths 25
Inquests 26
Marriages 26
Vital Statistics—Tables of 26
„ „ Table 1. 27
„ „ Table 1a. 28
Causes of Death—Table III. 29
SECTION II.—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE
DISTRICT.
Water Supply 31
Rivers and Streams. 31
Drainage and Sewerage 31
Closet Accommodation . 31
Scavenging and Removal and Disposal of House
Refuse 31
Sanitary Inspection of the District:—
(а) Notices Served 32
(b) Complaints of Nuisances 32
Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest
tions) Act, 1920 33
Bye-laws and Local Acts 33
SECTION III.—SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk Supply 35
The Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922. 35
The Milk (Special Designations) Older, 1922. 35
Meat:—
(a) Slaughter-houses 36
(b) Articles of Food Surrendered and Seized... 36
Tinned Foods 37
Other Foods: —
Bakehouses 37
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 37
SECTION IV.—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTKOl
OVER, INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Infectious Disease generally 38
Table II.—Summary of Cases of Infectious Diseases
Notified 40
Attack Rates of Infectious Diseases 41