Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of 1902
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
A—VITAL STATISTICS.
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Population 11
Births 13
Deaths 13
„ in Public Institutions 15
„ in Finsbury Districts 16
„ according to age 17
„ of infants 17
„ from Senility 20
„ from Infectious Diseases 21
B—RECORDS OF DISEASE.
Notification of Infectious
Disease 25
Small-Pox 26
„ Channels of Infection 26
Vaccination in Finsbury 36
Chicken-Pox 57
Diphtheria 59
Enteric Fever 64
Scarlet Fever 68
Measles 69
Whooping Cough 72
Epidemic Diarrhœa 73
Phthisis 79
„ Voluntary
tion of 79
„ Deaths from 81
Other Forms of Tuberculosis 85
Alcoholism 87
Cancer 88
C—FOOD SUPPLY.
Food Supply 93
Meat 93
„ Prosecutions 94
„ Confiscated 98
Slaughter-houses 99
Milk Supply 99
Cow-houses 101
Condensed Milk 102
Butter 108
Ice-Cream 109
C—FOOD SUPPLY—contd.
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Sweet factories, restaurants, &c. 115
Sale of Food and Drugs Act 117
Water Supply 118
D—HOUSE PROPERTY, &c.
Housing 125
Insanitary Areas 126
Dwelling Houses Closed 145
Houses let in Lodgings 148
House Inspection 152
Overcrowding 152
Common Lodging-Houses 158
Model Dwellings 159
Underground Rooms 159
The Housing Question 159
E—FACTORIES AND
WORKSHOPS.
General Consideration 167
Sanitation in Workshops 170
„ in Bakehouses 176
Home Work 182
Outworkers 183
Inspection and Registration 184
Legal Proceedings 185
Special Enquiries 187
(Underground Bakehouses
and Anthrax)
F—SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
The Canal and Canal Boats 211
Schools 216
Disinfection 217
Reception Houses 219
Mortuaries 220
Sanitary Inspection 222
Legal Proceedings 224
Smoke Nuisances 229
G—TABLES, &c.
Vaccination Returns 232
Tables 234
Small-pox Cases App.