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 1897
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1897
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CONTENTS.
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Vital Statistics 7
Vaccination 11
Artizans' Dwellings, Houndsditch 17
Artesian Well, Stoney Lane 18
Notification of Infectious Disease 19
Cotton Street Shelter 20
Disinfection of Clothing, Bedding, etc 22
Coroner's Court 22
Sanitary Inspections 22
House Refuse Removal 25
Skips 25
Disinfectants 32
House-to-House Inspection 34
Houses let in Lodgings 39
Factories and Workshops 41
Dairies and Milk Shops 44
Bakehouses 45
Smoke Nuisance 49
Unsound Food 64
Meat Supplies to City Markets 65
Meat Inspection 71
Prosecutions against Senders of Bad Meat 83
Disposal of Condemned Meat 87
Slaughter-Houses 87
Fish 89
Concluding Remarks 93
Public Analyst's Report 101