London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Paddington 1870
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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CONTENTS.
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Population of Paddington 3
Vital Statistics—Sanitary Progress 6
Deaths from Zymotic Diseases 6
,, Tubercular Diseases 8
Infantile Mortality 9
Deaths from Violent Causes 10
A Registration of Disease 11
Overcrowding, and Reform in the Dwellings of the
Wage Classes 12
Road Scavenging 14
The Ventilation and Flushing of Sewers 15
Common Lodging-Houses 16
Poultry kept in London 16
Urinals and Urinal Nuisances 17
A Public Disinfecting Establishment 18
The Workshops Regulation Act 20
Statistics of Workshop Inspections 21
Public Work-Rooms 24
Female Labour 25
Sanitary Legislation 26
Sanitary Work of the Year 29
Duties of the Sanitary Inspectors 30