London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1919
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Public Health and Housing Committees 2
Maternity and Child Welfare Committees 2
Do. Visiting Sub-Committee 2
Staff of Public Health Department 3
Summary of Statistics 4
Preface 8
Vital Statistics.
Population 9
Births 11
Births—Illegitimate 13
Marriages 14
Deaths 14
Cancer and Malignant Diseases 21
Respiratory Diseases 22
Influenza 23
Violence 23
Inquests 24
Infantile Mortality 24
Sanitary Circumstances of the District.
Scavenging 27
Removal of House Refuse 27
Removal of Trade Refuse 27
Cleansing of Earth-closets, Privies and Cesspools 28
Sanitary Inspection of the Borough 29
Complaints 29
Inspections 29
Nuisances Abated 32
Houses Let in Lodgings 34
Cleansing of Verminous Persons—Cleansing of School
Children 36
Underground Sleeping Rooms 38
Offensive Trades 38
Factories, Workshops and Work-places 38
Milk-premises, Cow-sheds, etc. 42
Mortuaries 45
Cemeteries 45
Inhabited House Duty 46