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Finsbury 1905

Report on the public health of Finsbury 1905 including annual report on factories and workshops

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
A—VITAL STATISTICS.
Page
Population 11
Births 12
„ Investigations into 13
. Deaths 17
„ in Public Institutions 19
„ in Finsbury Districts 20
„ according to age 21
,, of Infants 21
„ Investigations into 24
„ from Senility 29
„ from Infectious Diseases 29
„ in relation to Tenements 30
B- RECORDS OF DISEASE.
Notification of Infectious
Disease 35
Small Pox 37
Chicken Pox 38
Diphtheria 38
Scarlet Fever 41
Enteric Fever 46
Discharge Notices 47
Measles 48
Whooping Cough 52
Puerperal Fever 52
Epidemic Diarrhoea 52
Phthisis 59
„ Voluntary Notification of 59
„ Deaths from 62
Other Forms of Tuberculosis 68
Cancer 71
Alcoholism 72
C-FOOD SUPPLY.
Meat Supply 77
Meat Prosecutions 79
Meat Confiscated 86
Unsound Rabbits 90
Slaughter-houses 92
The Milk Supply 93
Sale of Food and Drugs Act 99
Analysis of Spirits 101
Margarine 104
Restaurants, Food-stalls, Icecream,
&c 104
Water Supply 106
Infants' Milk Depot 107
D-HOUSE PROPERTY, &c.
Page
Housing 119
Insanitary Areas (Part I.) 119-126
„ (Part II.) 130-133
Vacant Tenements in October 126
Dwelling Houses Closed 133
Houses Let in Lodgings 136
House Inspection 137
Overcrowding 140
Common Lodging Houses 144
Model Dwellings 145
Underground Rooms 145
Stable Dwellings 145
Customs and Inland Revenue
Acts 146
Water Supply to Tenement
Houses 146
The Housing Question 147
E-FACTORIES AND
WORKSHOPS.
Introduction 153
Sanitation in Workshops 157
Bakehouses 163
Homework 163
Outworkers' Lists 165
Inspection and Registration 169
Legal Proceedings 173
F— SANITARY ADMINISTRATION,
&c.
The Canal and Canal Boats 177
Stables 180
Elementary Schools 181
Verminous Children 188
Black Smoke Nuisances 191
Cleansing of Persons Act 193
Disinfection 193
Mortuaries 196
Reception Houses 197
Removal of Human Remains 197
Drainage Plans 197
Removal of Dust 197
Sanitary Inspection 198
Lady Sanitary Inspectors 201
Legal Proceedings 204
General Tables 210
Tables I., II., III., IV., V. 219
Vaccination Returns, 1903-1905 225
Summary and Conclusions 231