Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Public Analyst for the 1916
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Vital Statistics—
Page
Population of the Borough and of each of the two Divisions 169
Number of People to the acre 169
Births and Birth-rate 169-171
Mortality, Death-rates and causes of Mortality—with notes
thereon 171-182
Infantile Mortality 176-178
Infant Care Work 179-180
The Mortuary 182
Inquests held during the Year 184
Infectious Diseases and the Measures taken to Prevent
their Spread—
The Infectious Sickness Returns for the Year 184-198
Scarlet Fever 188-189
Erysipelas 189
Enteric Fever 189
Diphtheria 189-191
Measles and Whooping Cough 191-193
Puerperal Fever 193
Consumption 193-198
Cerebro-Spinal Fever and Acute Polio-Myclitis 198
The Disinfecting and Cleansing Station 199
Notes upon Sanitary Work Performed during the Year 199
Food Inspection 200
Houses Let in Lodgings 200
The Housing and Town Planning Act, 1909 201
Factories and Workshops 201
The Public Health Legislation of 1916 205
Food and Drugs 206
Report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector 209
Streets in the Borough of Stoke Newington—(Appendix) 218-219