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 Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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CONTENTS.
PAQE
Staff V
Summary of Vital Statistics vii
Vital Statistics 1
Population, Census 1
Births and Transferable Births. 2
Illegitimate Births 4
Birth Rato 5
Marriages 5
.Marriage Rate 5
Deaths 5
Deaths of Illegitimate Children 6
Death Rate 6
Zymotic Diseases, Death Rato 7
Respiratory Diseases, Death Hate 7
Infantile Mortality—Notification of Births Act, 1907—Tables 8,37
Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Notifications, Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum)
Regulations, 1914 : Results, eto., of Cases, 1914-1922 9
Age Mortality 10
Tubercular Diseases, Deaths, Death Rate 10
Phthisis—Deaths 11
Prevention of Consumption—Notifications ; Summaries of Notifications Received ;
Number of Notifications on Form D ; Actual Number of Cases on Register
at end of year 1922. Bacteriological Examinations ; The Borough of Poplar
Dispensary for the Prevention of Consumption ; Deaths, Tubercular Diseases
and Phthisis Number and Rate (see pages 10 and 11); Disinfection of
Rooms and Articles (see page 50); Report of Tuberculosis Officer (see page 97) 11
Tables of Deaths 18
Deaths from Drowning, &c. 21
Deaths of Persons of Unknown Addresses, included in the Mortality Statistics.. 21
Vital Statistics, Tables 22
Notes on Nomenclature of Diseases 26
Tables of Deaths (Classification) 28
Table of Deaths in Public Institutions 36
Tables of Infectious Diseases 44
Zymotic Diseases, Notifications ; Institutions, Errors in Diagnosis ; Infectious
Diseases in Milkshops and on Homeworkers' Premises 48
Disinfecting Department—Rooms and Articles (Infectious Diseases and Verminous)
Disinfected 50
Electrolytic Disinfecting Fluid—Output of Fluid, Distribution of Fluid, Cost of
Material and Electricity, Bottles, Corks and Labels, Total Quantity Manufactured
since Installation of Plant, Estimate for the year ended 31st March,
1922, and Expenditure for year ended 31st March, 1922. Average expenditure
for the three years ended March, 1922. Estimated Expenditure for the
year ending 31st March, 1923, and for the year ending 31st March, 1924,
Spraying and Cleansing of Floors of London County Council Schools with
Electrolytic Fluid, Swimming Baths—the use therein of Electrolytic Disinfecting
Fluid 51
Verminous Children attending School—-London County Council (General Powers)
Act, 1907, Children Act, 1908, Number of Verminous Children Bathed, Itch
Cases 56
Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897 57
Verminous Persons in Common Lodging-Housea—London County Council (General
Powers) Act, 1907, Number of Persons Cleansed from Common Lodging-Houses
within and without the Borough 57
Plague 58
Anthrax 58
Glanders—London (Notification of Glanders) Order, 1907 58
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