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St Pancras 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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CONTENTS.
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Map of St. Pancras, showing the Registration Sub-Districts 6
Health Committee 7
Officers 8
I.—Introduction—
Meteorology 9
II.—Vital Statistics—
Area—Ecclesiastical Parishes—Alteration of Registration
Sub-Districts—Boundary 10-14
Public Institutions 15
Population 16
Marriages 16
Births 16
Deaths 17
Ages at Death 17, 18
Causes of Death—Diarrhoea Nomenclature 18-20
Uncertified Deaths—Inquests 22
Coroner's Court—Mortuaries 22
Comparative Mortality of Sub-Districts 21
III. — Infectious Diseases —
Notifications—Diagnostic Tests—Revised Diagnoses—Outbreak
of Typhoid Fever—Erysipelas 23-26
Isolation—Ambulance Service—Power of Removal to
Hospital 26-31
Disinfection—Family Shelter 32
Vaccination 32-34
IV.—Sanitation—
§ 1. Inspections 35
„ 2. Open Spaces36-38
„ 3. Dwellings—Housing Schemes and the Cost of Land—
Municipal Lodging and Dwelling Houses 38-45
,, 4. Schools 46
„ 5. Workshops and Factories — Bakehouses — Laundries—
Outworkers 46-52
„ 6. Water Supply and Water Service 52
„ 7. Drainage and Sewerage—Byelaws as to drainage plans 52, 53
„ 8. Refuse Removal 54
„ 9. Nuisances—Nuisances from Animals—Notices 54-59
„ 10. Summonses 59, 60