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 1898

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1898

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CONTENTS.
PAGE.
Sanitary Staff 5
Area 9
Density 11
Rateable Value 11
Population 12
Mortality 14
Births 18
Vaccination 20
Artizans' Dwellings, Houndsditch 24
Notification of Infectious Disease 30
Shelter for Temporary Accommodation 32
Disinfection 34
Disinfectants 36
Coroner's Court 37
Sanitary Inspections 37
Montague Court, Bishopsgate 39
East London Water Company's Supply to the City 48
Unsound Food 54
House Refuse Removal 57
Summer Flushing of Courts and Alleys 58
Factories and Workshops 65
Tenement Houses 80
Dairies and Milk Shops 110
Bakehouses 115
Smoke Nuisances 118
Meat Supplies to City Markets 121
Meat Inspections 124
Disposal of Condemned Meat 126
Slaughterhouses 137
Fish Supply, Billingsgate 144
Public Analyst's Report 157
APPENDICES.
Details of City Mortality.
General Map of the City,