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 for Holborn Borough]
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Public Health Committee
Housing of the Working Classes Committee 6
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee 7
Staff 7
Statistics and Social Conditions 8
Statistical Summary
General Provision for Health Services 9
Population and Houses 11
Births 11
Deaths 13
Seasonal Mortality 14
Infantile Mortality 14
Marasmus 16
Poor Law and Hospital Relief 16
Sanitary Circumstances 16
Scavenging. Removal of House Refuse 16
Removal of Manure 18
Sanitary Inspection of District 18
Notices served 19
By-law as to Houses let in Lodgings 21
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act 21
Rat Week 22
Rate from Disused Drains 24
Inspection of Workshops 24
Factories 25
Factories Bill, 1927 27
Underground Workshops 28
Sanitary Condition of Offices 28
Smoke Abatement 29
Common Lodging Houses 29
Cecil House 30
Housing 30
Betterton Street Scheme 30
Housing Accommodation on L.C.C. Estates 31
Housing Conditions Statistics, 1927 32
Food 36
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milk Shops 30
Residue from Milk Clarifiers 36
Bacteriological Examination of Milk 36
Milk and Dairies Order, 1920 38
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923 38
Public Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations, 1912-17 38
Condensed Milk 39
Dried Milk 39
Margarine 40
Bakehouses 40
Sale of Fish 40
Fish Shops 40
Fish Stalls 41
Fried Fish Shops42
Market Streets and Exposure of Food Generally 42
Street Trading 42
Ice Cream 43
Meat Regulations 44
Places where Food is Prepared for Sale 46
Hygiene of Restaurants, Eating Houses and Public Houses 40
Cleansing of Table Utensils, etc 40
Restaurants, Sanitary Accommodation for Customers 47
Sale of Food Order 47
Unsound Food 48
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 48
Preservatives in Food Regulations 48
Agar-Agar 48
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