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 v
PART I.
A. Statistics.
Population 1
Births 5
Notification of Births Act 6
Medical Inspection of Children under
School Age 7
Deaths 9
Infantile Mortality 10
Statistics of Block Dwellings 11
Common Lodging Houses 12
Tables 14-26
B. Communicable Diseases.
Tables 27
Smallpox 30
Vaccination 30
Scarlet Fever 31
Diphtheria 31
Typhoid Fever 32
Puerperal Fever 32
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 32
Cholera, Plague 33
Tuberculosis 33
Schemes for Helping Patients 34
Sanatorium Treatment 33
Diarrhoeal Diseases 46
Measles 47
Whooping Cough 47
Schools and Infectious Disease 48
Bacteriological Laboratory 49
Disinfection 50
Cleansing of Persons 50
Verminous School Children 50
Verminous Houses 51
Rag Flock Act 51
Mortuaries 52
PART II.
C. House Inspection, Sfc.
Defects Remedied 53
Legal Proceedings 54
Drainage, &c., Plans 55
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Deep Basements., 55
Intercepting Traps 56
Removal of Offensive Refuse 57
Housing Conditions —
Sanitary Survey of Houses 57
Underground Rooms 53
Houses Let in Lodgings 58
Water Supply 59
Artesian Wells 59
Revenue Act 60
Smoke Prevention 60
Offensive Smells 61
D. Workshops.
Number on Register 63
Defects 64
Outworkers 65
Infectious Disease 68
Laundries 68
Underground Workplaces 69
E. Food Supply.
Restaurants, &c. 71
Cleanliness of Public House Bars 71
Ice Cream Premises 71
Bakehouses 72
Certification of Food for Export 72
Infectious Disease 72
Milkshops 72
Fried Fish Shops, Proposed By-laws 73
Food and Market Inspection 75
Food Condemned 75
Tuberculous Meat 76
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts—
Samples Taken, Result of Analysis
and Proceedings 77
Milk 78
Cream 82
Butter and Margarine 83
Sausages and Meat Pies 83
Fish 84
Tinned Foods 84
Vinegar 85
Ginger Beer 85
Details of Prosecutions 85-87