Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1904 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Housing of the Working Classes Act 18
Ditto Part I. Italian Colony 18
Ditto ,, Union Buildings Area 19
Ditto Part II. Representations 19
Ditto Part III. Rcid's Brewery Site 19
Ditto ,, Ilerbrand Street Site 20
Houses Closed Voluntarily, Demolished, Rebuilt, etc. 20
Water Supply to New Buildings 22
Revenue Acts 22
Sanitary Work 23
House to House Inspections 23
Bye-laws as to Houses let in Lodgings 24
Overcrowding 24
Common Lodging Houses 24
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces 25
Bakehouses 26
Underground Bakehouses 27
Places where Food is prepared for Sale 28
Other Shops where Food is Sold 28
Slaughter Houses 28
Other Offensive Businesses 28
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milk Shops 29
Ice Creams 29
Unsound Food 29
Smoke Abatement 29
Meteorology 29
APPENDICES.
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Table I. Vital Statistics of whole Borough during 1904, and previous 10 years 31
Table II. Vital Statistics of whole Borough and separate Localities in 1904 and
previous 10 years 31
Table III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1904 32
Table IV. Causes of, and Ages at Death during the year 1904 32
Table V. Sanitary Inspectors' Work 33
Table VI. Proceedings during 1904 34
Table VII. Factories, Workshops and Workplaces:—35
(1) Inspections 35
(2) Defects found 36
(3) Other matters 36
Table VIII. Legal Proceedings under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 37
Table IX. Legal Proceedings under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 38
Table X. Legal Proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 38
Table XI. Meteorology 39