Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report for 1899 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
SEC. I.—STATISTICAL PAGE.
Population of Chelsea .... .... .... .... 3
Births and Birth-rate .... .... .... .... 3
Deaths and Death-rate .... ... ... .... 3
Table of Deaths (Local Government Board Form) .... 8
Table of New Cases of Infectious Sickness (do.) .... ... 9
SEC. II.:—
Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox.. .... .... .... .... 10
Scarlet Fever .... .... .... .... 10
Diphtheria.. .... ... .... .... 10
Prevalence of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria in the Parishes of
Western London .... .... .... .... 11
Enteric Fever .... .... ... .... 12
The Case Mortality .... .... .... .... '13
Removal of Patients to Hospitals .... .... .... 14
Measles .... .... .... .... .... 14
Bacterioscopic Diagnosis .... .... .... .... 15
SEC. III.:—
The Sanitary Condition of the Parish—
Combined Drainage .... .... .... ... 17
Drainage, W.C.'s, Yards, Dust-bins .. .... .... 18
Dung receptacles .... .... .... .... 18
Unsound Food .... .... .... ... 18
Disinfection .... .... .... 19
Water Supply .... .... .... .... 19
Reports to the Vestry .. .... .... .... 20
SEC. IV.:—
Work of the Public Health Department—
Summary of Nuisances and other matters reported on .... 21
Magisterial proceedings during 1899.. .... .... 23
List of Bake-houses, Cow-houses, and Slaughter-houses .... 26