London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

London County Council 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

This page requires JavaScript

4
j'ao*
Workshops and workplaces 86
Inspection of food, etc 93
Icecreams 93
Unsound food 94
Disinfection 96
Shelters 96
The cleansing of persons 97
Mortuaries 97
Water supply 97
The London Equalisation of Rates Act, 1894 98
Sanitary administration of Hammersmith 99
Legislation . 99
Sanitary inspectors 100
Medical officers of health of metropolitan boroughs in 1902 101
Appendices-
I.—Smallpox in London common lodging-houses.
II.—Occupation of persons attacked by smallpox.
III.—Houses let in lodgings.
IV.—Accommodation for women and children in common lodging-houses.
V.—The sanitary administration of Hammersmith.
VI.—Sanitary officers.
LIST OF DIAGIRAMS.
facing page
Diagram I.—Marriages, 1851-1902 11
„ II.—Births, 1851-1902 . 11
„ III.—Deaths (all causes), 1841-1902 12
„ IV.—Smallpox, deaths, 1841-1902 25
„ V.—Smallpox, weekly number of notified cases in metropolitan boroughs, 1901-2 28
VI.—Smallpox, 1901-2, in relation to vaccination default in metropolitan unions 34
VII.—Smallpox and chicken-pox; weekly notifications, 1902 42
VIII.—Measles, 1841-1902 46
„ IX.—Scarlet fever; deaths, 1859-1902 48
X.—Scarlet fever; admissions to and deaths in hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, per cent, of the total cases and deaths in London 48
XI.—Scarlet fever; monthly notifications and case mortality, 1891-1902 49
XII.—Diphtheria and croup ; deaths, 1859-1902 51
XIII.—Diphtheria; admissions to and deaths in hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, per cent, of the total cases and deaths in London 51
XIV.—Diphtheria; monthly cases and case mortality, 1891-1902 52
„ XV.—Whooping cough ; deaths, 1841-1902 56
„ XVI.—Typhus; deaths, 1869-1902 57
XVII.—Enteric fever; deaths, 1869-1902 58
„ XVIII.—Enteric fever; weekly notifications, 1902, and mean weekly notifications,
1890-1902 58
„ XIX.—Enteric fever ; monthly notifications and case mortality, 1891 -1902 59