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 Westminster, City of]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Introductory Remarks 1
PART I.
A. Vital Statistics.
Population 4
Foreigners in each Ward 5
Births 7
Deaths 9
In Wards 12, 29
Of Infants 21
Of Old People 22
Causes of 23
Influenza 12, 13
Respiratory Diseases 12, 13
Tubercular Diseases 30
Cancer 33
B. Communicable Diseases.
Notifiable 34
Smallpox—
Report on Outbreak, 1901-2 36
Vaccination 46
Chicken pox 45
Scarlet Fever 57
Diphtheria 58
Puerperal Fever 59
Typhoid Fever 59
Plague 65
Non-notifiable—
Diarrhœal Diseases 22, 65
Measies 66
Whooping Cough 66
Schools and Infectious Disease 67
Disinfection 68
Mortuaries 68
PART II.
C. House Property, &c.
Inspection of Bouses 69
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Legal Proceedings 72
Supervision of House Drainage 73
Underground Dwellings 74
Houses Let in Lodgings 74
Customs and Inland Revenue Act 75
Housing of the Working Classes—
Clare Market Scheme 75
L.C.C. Buildings—
Dukes Court 75
Millbank 76
Turner's Court 76
Regency Street Buildings 77
Vital Statistics of Block Dwellings 79
Common Lodging Houses 79
D. Workshops, &c.
Inspection of Workplaces 70, 71, 83
Legal Proceedings 72, 84
Underground Workrooms 85
Outworkers 85
Bakehouses 86
Infectious Diseases 86
Causes of Death, and Occupations 87
E. Food Supply.
Milk 95, 101
Legal Powers sought 95
Ice Creams 96
New Legal Powers 97
Slaughterhouses 98
Tripe Boilers 98
Restaurants 98
Food and Market Inspection 98
Prosecutions 99
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 100
Water Supply 110
F. General.
Smoke Prevention 1ll
Removal of Human Remains from
Disused Graveyard 112