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

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City of Westminster 1906

[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. Statistics.
Population 3
Births 5
Deaths 10
Infantile Mortality 12
Occupational Mortality 15,28, 29
In Block Dwellings 15, 30
In Common Lodging.Houses 15
Tables 18.30
B. Communicable Diseases.
(1) Compulsorily Notifiable -
Smallpox 31
Vaccination 31
Statistical Tables 32.37
Scarlet Fever 38
Diphtheria 40
School Outbreak 41
Typhoid Fever 44
Puerperal Fever 45
Erysipelas 45
(2) Voluntarily Notifiable Diseases-
Tuberculosis 50
(3) Non.notifiable Diseases-
Measles 55
Whooping Cough 56
Diarrhœal Diseases 57
Schools and Infectious Disease 58
Bacteriological Laboratory 61
Disinfection 61
Cleansing of Persons 62
Mortuaries 63
PART II.
C. House Inspection, &c.
Defects Remedied 64
Legal Proceedings 65
Dust from Buildings During Demolition
65
Removal of House Refuse 66
Removal of Offensive Refuse 66
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Drainage, &c., Plans 66
Drain Testing 67
Drainage By.Laws 67
Water Supply 68
Houses Let in Lodgings 68
Housing of the Working Classes-
Marshall Street Dwellings 69
St. John's, Westminster, Improvement
70
Vincent Place Buildings 70
Revenue Act 71
Smoke Prevention 72
D. Workshops.
Number on Register 73
Defects 74
Outworkers 74
Infectious Disease 78
Factory and Workshops Bill 78
E. Food Supply.
Food and Market Inspection 80
Legal Proceedings 80
Bakehouses 80
Ice.cream Premises 81
Restaurants, &c. 81
Slaughter.house 81
Cow.sheds 81
Milkshops 82
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts-
Samples Taken, Result of Analysis
and Proceedings 84
Milk 85
Sunday Samples 85
Samples Taken in Course of
Delivery 86
Warranties 86
Separated Milk 86
Cream 87
Butter and Margarine 88
Potted Meats and Fish 88
Tinned Vegetables 90
Drugs 91
Other Infringements of Food and
Drugs Acts 91
Details of Prosecutions 92.100
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