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
PART I.
A. Statistics.
Population 1
Births 3
Mother Craft and Child Welfare 4
Deaths 5
Infantile Mortality 6
Statistics of Block Dwellings 7
Common Lodging Houses 7
Tables 8-20
B. Communicable Diseases.
Smallpox 21
Vaccination 21
Scarlet Fever 21
Diphtheria 23
Typhoid Fever 23
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 23
Tables 22-4
Tuberculosis 24
Diarrhoeal Diseases 31
Measles 31
Whooping Cough 31
Schools and Infectious Disease 31
Bacteriological Laboratory 33
Disinfection 34
Cleansing of Persons 34
Verminous School Children 34
Verminous Houses 35
Mortuaries 36
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PART II.
C. House Inspection, Sfc.
Defects Remedied 37
Legal Proceedings 39
Drainage, &c., Plans 38
Removal of Refuse 38
Housing Conditions—
Sanitary Survey of Houses 39
Underground Rooms, 40
Houses Let in Lodgings 41
Water Supply 41
Revenue Act 41
Smoke Prevention 41
Offensive Smells 42
D. Workshops.
Number on Register 43
Defects 44
Outworkers 45
Infectious Disease 48
E. Food Supply.
Restaurants, &c 49
Ice Cream Premises 49
Bakehouses 49
Certification of Food for Export 50
Milkshops 50
Food and Market Inspection 50
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts—
Samples Taken, Result of Analysis
and Proceedings 52
Milk and Cream Regulations 55
Details of Prosecutions 59