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
St Pancras 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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CONTENTS.
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Introduction—
Topography 5
Meteorology 6
Vital Statistics—
Population 6
Marriages 10
Births 10
Deaths 10
Ages at Death 11
Deaths in Public Institutions 13
Causes of Deaths 13
Comparative Mortality of Sub-districts 22
Sanitation—
Mortuaries 23
Infectious Diseases—Notification 23
Isolation 23
Disinfection 24
Light and Air 24
Density of Population 24
Open Spaces 25
Dwellings 26
Water Supply 28
Drainage 29
Nuisances 29
"Ventilation and Over-crowding 29
Refuse Removal 30
Food 30
Trade Premises 30
Legislation 31
Tables—Statistical and Reference 31