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Finsbury 1904

Report on the public health of Finsbury 1904 including annual report on factories and workshops

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A—VITAL STATISTICS.
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Population 11
Births 12
Deaths 13
„ in Public Institutions 10
„ in Finsbury Districts 17
„ according to age 17
„ of Infants 18
„ from Senility 20
,, from Infectious Diseases 21
„ in relation to Tenements 22
B-RECORDS OF DISEASE.
Notification of Infectious
Disease 27
Small Pox 27
Chicken Pox 37
Diphtheria 37
Scarlet Fever 44
Enteric Fever 49
Discharge Notices 51
Measles 52
Whooping Cough 54
Epidemic Diarrhoea 55
Phthisis 63
„ Voluntary Notification of 63
„ Deaths from 66
Other Forms of Tuberculosis 73
Cancer 76
Alcoholism 78
Feeding and Infant Mortality 82
C—FOOD SUPPLY.
Meat Supply 89
Meat Prosecutions 90
Meat Confiscated 97
Royal Commission on Tuberculosis
98
Venison 101
Slaughter-houses 103
The Milk Supply 104
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 109
Restaurants and Eating-houses 110
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Ice-Cream 112
Water Supply 113
Infant Milk Depot 115
D-HOUSE PROPERTY, &c.
Housing 127
Insanitary Areas 128-139
Dwelling Houses Closed 139
Houses Let in Lodgings 142
House Inspection 153
Overcrowding 153
Common Lodging-Houses 157
Model Dwellings 158
Underground Rooms 158
The Housing Question 158
E—FACTORIES AND
WORKSHOPS.
Introduction 163
Sanitation in Workshops 167
Bakehouses 179
Home Work 180
Outworkers' Lists 183
Inspection and Registration 184
Legal Proceedings 187
Special Enquiries 191
Air Analyses 200
F—SANITARY ADMINISTRATION,
&c.
The Canal and Canal Boats 213
Stables 216
Schools 219
Disinfection 221
Mortuaries 223
Reception Houses 226
Lady Sanitary Inspector 226
L.C.C. (General Powers Act, 1904) 231
Smoke Nuisances 233
Sanitary Inspection 234
Legal Proceedings 236
Tables 240-252
Summary and Conclusions 255