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

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City of Westminster 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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III
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Introductory Remarks 1
PART I.
A. Statistics.
Population 9
Births 11
Deaths 14
Infantile Mortality 16
In Block Dwellings 19
In Common Lodging-Houses 20
Tables 21-34
B. Communicable Diseases.
(1) Compulsorily Notifiable—
Smallpox 35
Vaccination 35
Statistical Tables 36-40
Scarlet Fever 40
Diphtheria 42
Typhoid Fever 43
Puerperal Fever 43
Cerebro-spinal meningitis 43
(2) Voluntarily Notifiable Diseases—
Tuberculosis 45
(3) Non-notifiable Diseases—
Measles 50
Whooping Cough 51
Diarrhœal Diseases 52
Schools and Infectious Disease 53
Medical Inspection of School Children 55
Bacteriological Laboratory 56
Disinfection 56
Cleansing of Persons 57
Mortuaries 57
PART II.
C. House Inspection, &c.
Defects Remedied 59
Legal Proceedings 60
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Removal of Manure 61
Removal of House Refuse 61
Removal of Offensive Refuse 61
Drainage, &c., Plans 62
Drain Testing 62
Petroleum in Drains and Sewers 63
Water Supply 63
Houses Let in Lodgings 64
Revenue Act 65
Smoke Prevention 65
D. Workshops.
Number on Register 65
Defects 66
Outworkers 67
Infectious Disease 71
E. Food Supply.
Food and Market Inspection 73
Restaurants, &c. 75
Ice-cream Premises 76
Bakehouses 77
Aerated Water Works 77
Slaughter-house 78
Cow-sheds 79
Milkshops 79
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts—
Samples Taken, Result of Analysis
and Proceedings 81
Milk 82
Separated and Dried Milk 83
Butter and Margarine 83
Cream 83
Appeal re Boric Acid 85
Coffee 86
Potted Meats and Fish 87
Tinned Vegetables 88
Preserved Fruits 88
Drugs 88
Details of Prosecutions 89
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