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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
Map of St. Pancras, showing the Registration Sub-Districts 6
Health Committee 7
Officers 8
I.—Introduction—
Meteorology 9
II.—Vital Statistics—
Public Institutions 10
Population 11
Marriages 11
Births 11
Deaths 12
Ages at Death 12
Causes of Death 13
Uncertified Deaths—Inquests 16,17
Coroner's Court—Mortuaries 17
Comparative Mortality of Sub-Districts 17
III.—Infectious Diseases—
Notifications—Notification of Septic Diseases—Notifications
from Hospitals—Diarrhoea Prevention 18-28
Isolation—Exclusion from School 29
Disinfection—Family Shelter 32
Vaccination—The Vaccination Act, 1898 32-36
IV.—Sanitation—
Inspections—Entry—Rights of Entry—Exemptions 36-45
Open Spaces 45, 46
Dwellings—Number of rooms in dwellings—Conversion of
Buildings—Unhealthy Dwelling-houses—Insanitary
Areas—Conference on the Housing of the Working
Classes 47-52
Schools 52
Workshops and Factories—Bakehouses—Laundries 52
Water Supply and Water Service 53
Drainage and Sewerage—New Buildings and DrainageDrainage
Regulations—Combined Drainage—Draining
and Paving of Stables—Sewer Ventilation 53-56