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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 1900
Report on the proceedings of the Public Health (Sanitary) Department of the Corporation of London during the year 1900
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CONTENTS.
PAGE.
Sanitary Staff 5
Introductory Remarks by Dr. Collingbridge 7
Area 9
Births 18
Vaccination 19
Notification of Infectious Disease 23
Notification from Port Sanitary Authorities 28
Plague 29
Shelter for Temporary Accommodation 40
Disinfection, &c., at City Mortuary 41
Disinfectants, Manufacture of 42
Mortality–death Rate 42
Causes of Death 46
Deaths from Zymotic Disease 48
„ „ Violence 49
„ in City Institutions 60
Artizans' Dwellings 63
Sanitary Inspections 67
Unsound Fruit, Vegetables, Tinned Food, &c. 63
Factories and Workshops 66
Tenement Houses 70
Bakehouses 94
Smoke Nuisances 97
Public W.C's and Underground Conveniences 99
House Refuse Removal 100
Skips 101
Summer Flushing of Courts and Alleys 101
Limewhiting of Courts 107
Meat Supplies 109
„ Inspection 114
Diseased Meat Prosecutions 118
Disposal of Condemned Meat 119
Fish Supplies 119
„ Seizures 123
Report of the Work done by the late Public Analyst
during 1900 127
Note by Dr. Collingridge in connection with the
same 129
APPENDICES.
Details of City Mortality.
General Sanitary Map of the City.