Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Introductory Remarks iii
PART I.
A. Statistics.
Population 1
Births 1
Notification of Births Act 2
Mother Craft and Child Welfare 3-8
Deaths 8
Infantile Mortality 9
Statistics of Block Dwellings 10
Common Lodging Houses 11
Tables 12-24
B. Communicable Diseases.
Smallpox 25
Vaccination 25
Scarlet Fever 26
Diphtheria 26
Typhoid Fever 26
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 27
Plague 27
Tables 28-29
Tuberculosis 30
Cases Notified 30
Deaths 33
Diagnosis and Detection of New Cases 34
Changes of Address 34
Nationality 36
Treatment—Insured and Uninsured
Persons 36
Dispensary Scheme 39
After-care 39
Diarrhœal Diseases 40
Measles 41
Whooping Cough 41
Schools and Infectious Disease 42
Bacteriological Laboratory 43
Disinfection 44
Cleansing of Persons 44
Verminous School Children 45
Verminous Houses 45
Verminous Children and Second-
Hand Clothing 46
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Disinfection—
Motor Van 46
Mortuaries 48
PART II.
C. House Inspection, &c..
Defects Remedied 49
Legal Proceedings 50
Drainage, &c., Plans 51
Removal of House Refuse 51
„ Offensive Refuse 52
Housing Conditions—
Sanitary Survey of Houses 52
Underground Rooms 53
Houses Let in Lodgings 53
Water Supply 53
Revenue Act 54
Smoke Prevention 54
Offensive Smells 55
Removal of Human Remains 55
D. Workshops.
Number on Register 56
Defects 57
Outworkers 58
Infectious Disease 61
Laundries 61
E. Food Supply.
Restaurants, &c. 62-63
Ice Cream Premises 63
Bakehouses 63
Certification of Food for Export 64
Infectious Disease 64
Milkshops 64
Food Poisoning 64
Food and Market Inspection 66
Food Condemned 66
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts—
Samples Taken, Result of Analysis
and Proceedings 67
Milk and Cream Regulations 71
Details of Prosecutions 74