Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Appendices—
I—Report on an outbreak of scarlet fever at Blackheath, 1894.
II.—Memorandum on the distribution of enteric fever in 1894 considered in relation to water
supply.
III.—Report of the medical officer on anthrax in London.
IV.—Report by the medical officer submitting summary of reports by Dr. Young on the collection
and disposal of house refuse by London sanitary authorities.
V.—Report of the medical officer on the sanitary condition of bakehouses.
VI.—Disinfection and destruction of infected articles.
VII.—Report on the sanitary condition and administration of Deptford.
VIII.—Report on the sanitary condition and administration of Whitechapel.
IX.—Report on the sanitary condition and administration of Mile-end Old-town.
X.—Report on the sanitary condition and administration of Bethnal-green.
XI.—Report of the medical officer of health submitting a return showing particulars as to sanitary
inspectors in the several districts of the Administrative County of London.
LIST OF DIAGRAMS.
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Diagram I.—Marriages, 1851-94 5
,, II.—Births, 1851-94 5
„ III.—Deaths, 1841-94 7
„ IV.—Smallpox, 1841-94 15
„ V.—Smallpox and vaccination, 1894 19
„ VI.—Measles, 1841-94 20
„ VII.—Scarlet fever, 1859-94 22
„ VIII.—Scarlet fever : admissions to and deaths in hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board,
per cent. of total cases and deaths in London 22
„ IX.—Scarlet fever at various age-periods, 1894 26
„ X.—Diphtheria and croup, 1859-94 28
XI.—Diphtheria: admissions to and deaths in hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board,
per cent, of total cases and deaths in London 28
„ XII.—Diphtheria at various age-periods, 1894 30
„ XIII.—Whooping cough, 1841-94 32
„ XIV.—Typhus, 1869-94 32
„ XV.—Enteric fever, 1869-94 37
„ XVI.—Diarrhœa in relation to mean temperature (summer quarter) 1841-94 37
Chart showing incidence of phthisis mortality on the several sanitary districts of
London in 1894 42