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

City of London 1895

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1895

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CONTENTS.
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Population—Vital Statistics 5
Artizans' Dwellings 9
Infectious Diseases 10
City Mortuary 19
Sanitary Inspections, etc., etc. 20
Summer Flushing of Courts and Alleys 23
Deodorizing Public Road-ways 23
Deodorizing Catch-Pits and Gullies 25
Sanitary Staff 25
House-to-House Inspection 27
Outbreak of Measles at Greystoke Place Board
School 31
Unsound Food 34
Factories and Workshops Acts 37
Houses Let in Lodgings—Bye-Laws 38
Shelter for Temporary Accommodation during the
Disinfecting of Premises 53
Dairies and Milk Shops 54
Condemned Meat 62
Condemned Australian Rabbits 66
Condemned Fish 70
Condemned Meat Prosecutions 72
Meteorological Table 79
Map, showing Distribution of Infectious Diseases
in the City of London during 1895.
Appendices A and B
Report of Public Analyst 119