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

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City of London 1850

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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CONTENTS.
I. Statistics of Population, Mortality, and
Disease page 5
II. Sanitary Powers of the Commission 20
1. In respect of Public Drainage 20
2. In respect of Private Drainage 20
3. In respect of water-supply to Houses 20
4. In respect of Pavements, and their Cleansing. 22
5. In respect of the Cleanliness of Private Premises 23
6. In respect of Slaughter-houses 24
7. In respect of Food 24
8. In respect of Smoke, and of all other nuisances
arising in Trades and Manufactures 25
9. In respect of Interments and Burial- Grounds 26
10. In respect of Dwellings of the Poorer Classes 26
11. In respect of Houses unfit for Human habitation 33
12. In respect of appointing Inspectors of Nuisances 33
III. Sanitary Evils out of the Jurisdiction of
the Commission 39
Appendix.
No. I. Population of the City of London in SubDistricts
and in Districts or Unions, as given
by Census in 1841 and 1851 45
No. II. Analysis of the Year's Mortality, as to the
Four Quarters of the Year, and as to the
several Districts and Sub-Districts of the City 47
No. III. Enumeration of Deaths during the three Years
1848-51, distributed in Sub-Districts, and
in Districts, or Unions 48
No. IV. The Deaths of the last Three Years stated
separately and conjointly, classified according
to ages, and distributed in Unions 49
No. V. Comparative prevalence during the Three Years
1848-9, 1849-50, and 1850-1, of such Deaths
from acute disease as may chiefly be considered
preventable 50
NO. VI. Proposed Schedule of Specification for the Register
of Lodging — Houses 51
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