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Finsbury 1907

Report on the public health of Finsbury 1907 including annual report on factories and workshops

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
A—VITAL STATISTICS.
Page
Population 7
Births 8
,, Investigations into 9
Deaths 13
,, in Public Institutions 14
,, in Finsbury Districts 15
,, according to age 16
„ from Senility 16
,, of Infants 17
,, in relation to Disease 17
from Infectious Diseases 18
,, in relation to Tenements 19
Infant Mortality in Finsbury 21
,, ,, Means of Prevention
30
Finsbury Infants' Milk Depot 30
Use of Modified Dried Milk 36
School for Mothers 40
B—RECORDS OF DISEASE.
Notification of Infectious
Disease 42
Small Pox 44
Diphtheria 45
Scarlet Fever 46
Enteric Fever 49
Discharge Notices 49
Puerperal Fever 50
Cerebro-Spinal Fever 51
Whooping Cough 53
Measles 54
Epidemic Diarrhoea 57
Phthisis 59
,, Voluntary Notification of 59
,, Deaths 60
Other Forms of Tuberculosis 63
Cancer 64
Alcoholism 65
C— FOOD SUPPLY.
Meat Supply 67
,, Prosecutions 69
Certification of Meat Products 70
Meat Confiscated 71
Diseased Sausage Casings 72
Slaughter-houses 72
Milk Supply 73
FOOD SUPPLY—continued.
Page
Report of Royal Commission
on Tuberculosis 80
Examination of Milk Samples in
Finsbury for Tuberculosis,
&c 82
Sale of Food & Drugs Acts 90
Margarine 92
Restaurants, Food Stalls, Icecream,
&c 92
D—THE HOUSING QUESTION
Houses Let in Lodgings 98
House to House Inspection 99
Model Dwellings 101
Common Lodging Houses 101
Underground Rooms 102
Stable Dwellings 102
Customs and Inland Revenue
Acts 103
E—FACTORIES AND
WORKSHOPS.
Introduction 104
Sanitation in Workshops 109
Bakehouses 113
Home Work 113
Outworkers' Lists 116
Inspection and Registration 121
Legal Proceedings 124
Special Enquiries 124
F—SANITARY ADMINISTRATION,
&c.
The Canal and Car.al Boats 126
Elementary Schools 129
Black Smoke Nuisances 136
Cleansing of Persons Act 137
Disinfection 137
Mortuaries 140
Reception Houses 141
Drainage Plans 141
Removal of Dust 141
Sanitary Inspection 142
Legal Proceedings 146
General Tables 149
Tables I., II., III., IV. and V. 159
Pauperism in Finsbury 163
Vaccination Returns 166