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 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Introduction 5, 6
Marriages 7
Births 7, 8
Deaths 9—12
Small-Pox Epidemic, 1884 and 1885 12—14
Water Analysis and Supply 15,16
The " Sale of Food and Drugs Acts," and Analyses made 17
The Mortuary and Coroner's Court 17,18
Sanitary Work 18
Slaughter-Houses and Cow-Houses 18, 19
Summonses 19,20
The Dwellings of the Poor 20
Re-Organisation of Sanitary Staff 20—37
Dusting of the Parish 38
Tables 40—43
Appendix—Reports of Analyst for year 1885 44—59