London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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City of Westminster 1904

[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 7
Births 9
Deaths 11
Infantile Mortality 12
Statistical Tables 16 to 26
B. Communicable Diseases.
(1) Compulsorily Notifiable—
Smallpox 27
Vaccination. 32
Scarlet Fever 33
Diphtheria 34
Typhoid Fever 36
Typhus Fever 36
Puerperal Fever 37
Midwives Act 37
(2) Voluntarily Notifiable—
Tubercular Disease 38
(3) Non-notifiable—
Measles 44
Whooping Cough 45
Diarrhoeal Diseases 45
Venereal Diseases 46
Schools and Infectious Disease 47
Bacteriological Diagnosis 48
Disinfection 48
Shelters 49
Cleansing of Persons 49
Mortuaries 49
PART II.
C. House Inspection.
Legal Infringements 50
Supervision of House Drainage 51
Inflammable Fluids in Drains 51
Nuisances from Sewer Ventilators 52
Premises Infested with Vermin 52
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Water Supply 53
Cleansing of Cisterns 53
Housing of the Working Classes 54
Healthiness of Block Dwellings 54
Common Lodging Houses 56
Houses Let in Lodgings 56
Re venue Act 57
D. Workshops.
Number on Register 58
Inspection 59
Overcrowding 60
Sanitary Accommodation 60
Government Workshops 61
Outworkers 62
Bakehouses 63
Restaurants and Eating Houses 63
Voluntary Certification 64
Milkshops 66
Effluvium Nuisances 67
Slaughterhouses 68
Smoke Prevention— 68
Legal Proceedings 68
Occupational Mortality 42, 69
E. Food Supply.
Food and Market Inspection 71
Legal Proceedings 71
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 72
Milk 73
Sunday Samples 75
Warranties 75
Sterilised Milk 77
Margarine 77
Spirits and Wines 77
As to giving Cautions 78
Prosecutions 79 to 8b
G.
Regulations for the Control of the
Staff of Sanitary Inspectors 86
Instructions for District Inspectors 89
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