London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1874
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Marriages 3
Births 3
Deaths 4
Mortality at different ages 4
Causes of Death 5
The Weekly Mortality Returns 9
The Mortuary 12
"What shall we do with our Dead?" 13
Dirty Roads 15
"A Focus of Deadly Miasma" 20
Dwellings of the Poorer Classes 26
Adulteration Act 31
Water Analysis 32
Metropolitan Slaughter Houses 34
Islington Slaughter and Cow Houses 40
Sanitary Work of the year 41
Summonses 43
The Dusting of the Parish 45
Conclusion 49