Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1903
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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VITAL STATISTICS-
Population 3
Overcrowding 4
Births 4
Marriages 5
Deaths 5
Infantile Mortality 6,7
Senile Mortality 8
Death Certification 8
Zymotic Diseases 8
Small-pox 8
Measles 8
Whooping Cough 8
Typhus Fever 8
Enteric Fever 8
Simple Continued Fever 8
Diarrhœa 8,9
Tubercular Diseases 9
Phthisis 9
Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of Liver 9
Cancer and Malignant Disease 10
Heart Disease 10
Suicides 10
Accidents 10
Other Violent Deaths 10
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS
DISEASE—
Small-pox 11
Typhus Fever 11,15
Diphtheria 16
Membranous Croup 16
Scarlet Fever 16-18
Entric Fever 18
Puerperal Fever 18
Meales 18
Relapsing Fever 19
Notification of Phthisis 19-22
Shell Fish and Typhoid Fever 22
Anthrax 22
Lead Poisoning 22
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SANITARY ADMINISTRATION—
Offensive Trades 23
Offensive Matter 23
Milk Premises 23
Cowsheds 23
Slaughterhouses 23
Ice Cream Premises 23
Houses Let in Lodgings 23, 24
Sec. 48 Public Health (London) Act,
1891 25
Food Inspection 25
Disinfection 25
Food and Drugs 25
Overcrowding 26
Underground Conveniences 27
Smoke Nuisances 27
Water Supply 27,28
Mortuary, St. Olave's 28,29
Storage of Bread 29
Ice 30
Aërated Water 30
Milk Supply 30, 31
Collection of Dust 32
Bacteriological Laboratory 32
Unsound Food Seizures 33
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS—
HomeWork 33,34
Bakehouses 34-36
APPENDIX—TABLES—
Local Government Board Tables 40-42
Meteorology 42
Marriages 43
Proceedings During Year 43
Factories and Workshops 44
Food and Drugs 46,47
Sanitary Work 48
List of Bakehouses 49