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 iii Drainage, Plans, &c 66
Removal of Offensive Refuse 68
PART I Public Conveniences for Women 69
Housing Acts 70
A. Statistics. Houses Let in Lodgings 70
Population 1 Water Supply 72
Births 3 Common Lodging-Houses 73
Notification of Births Act 5 Revenue Act 74
Deaths 11 Smoke Prevention 74
Infantile Mortality 6-11, 13, 23-27, 52
Statistics of Block Dwellings 15
Tables 16-28 D. Workshops.
Number on Register 76
B. Communicable Diseases. Defects 77
Smallpox 29 Outworkers 79
Vaccination 33 Laundries 82
Scarlet Fever 33
Diphtheria 34
Typhoid Fever 37 E. Food Supply.
Puerperal Fever 38 Inspection 83
Ophthalmia 38 Restaurants and Ice Cream Premises 83
Acute Poliomyelitis 39 Bakehouses 83
Cholera, Plague 39 Certification of Food for Export 84
Glanders 39 Milk shops 84
Tuberculosis 40 Butchers' Shops, Fish Shops 85
Diarrhœal Diseases 51 Food and Market Inspection 85
Measles 56 Butchers' Meat on Stalls 86
Whooping Cough 57 Food Poisoning 87
Schools and Infectious Disease. 58 Sale of Food and Drugs Acts—
Bacteriological Laboratory 60 Samples Taken, Result of Analysis
Disinfection 60 and Proceedings. 88
Cleansing of Persons 61 Milk. 89
Verminous School Children 61 Cream 94
Verminous Houses 62 Butter 95
Mortuaries 62 Sausages and Meat Pies, &c. 96
Fish 96
PART II Tinned Foods 96
Flour 96
C. Bouse Inspection, &c. Chocolate 97
Defects Remedied 64 Vinegar 97
Legal Proceedings 65 Details of Prosecutions 99-105