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Marylebone 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Part I.
Statistical.
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Infectious Disease Chart facing 9
Population . 9
Births, Registration, Notifications 9, 10
Deaths and Death Rates 10
District Births and Deaths 11
Deaths in relation to age 12
Causes of, and Ages at, Death 13
Infantile Mortality 13, 18
Prevention of Infantile Mortality 19, 20
Maternity and Infant Welfare 20
Deaths in relation to Disease 21
Diarrhoea Diseases 21
Zymotic Diseases, Phthisis, &c.,
and Respiratory Diseases 22
Zymotic (Communicable) Diseases 22
Phthisis and other Tuberculous
Diseases 23
Respiratory Diseases 24
Cancer and Malignant Disease 24
Alcoholism 25
Accident, Suicide ami Manslaughter 26
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Records of Diseases 26
Notifications 26
Discharge Notices 27
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 27
Scarlet Fever 28
Enteric Fever 29,32
Cerebro-Spinal Fever 32
Erysipelas 33
Puerperal Fever 33
Measles 33, 34
,, Deaths 33
,, Isolation of 33
Whooping Cough 35
Glanders 35
Polio Encephalitis and Myelitis 35
Chicken-pox 35
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 35
Tuberculosis 35
,, Notifications 36, 38
,, Deaths 39, 40
,, National Insurance Act
Sanatorium Benefit 41
,, Preventive Measures against 40, 43
,, Bacteriological diagnosis of 46
Syphilis 43
Disinfection 44, 45
Bacteriological Examinations 46
Part II.
Departmental.
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Staff Meetings 49
Effect of War Conditions 49
Protection of Food Supply 51
Inspection 51
Surrenders 51
Seizures 52
Prosecutions 52
Slaughterhouses 52
Milk Supply 52
Cowhouses 53
Milkshops, etc. 53
Examination of Milk 53
Ice Cream Premises 54
Butter, Margarine, etc. 54
Restaurants, Food Stalls, etc. 54
Offensive Trades 55
Bakehouses 55
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 55, 59
Public Analyst's Reports 60, 62
Public Health (Milk and Cream)
Regulations, 1912 62, 64
Bacteriological Examination of Food 64
Rag Flock 65
Water Supply 65
Housing 65, 73
Housing, Town Planning, etc. Act, 1909 65, 74
House to House Inspection 73
Houses Let in Lodgings 74
Common Lodging Houses 74
Overcrowding 75
Underground Rooms 75
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts 76
Nuisances 76
Work of Sanitary Inspectors 77
Legal Proceedings 77, 78
Drain Plans and Drainage 78
Combined Drainage 79
Black Smoke Nuisances 79
Removal of House Refuse 79, 80
Verminous Persons Baths 81, 82
Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897 81, 82
The Shelter 82
Public Mortuary 82
Public Sanitary Conveniences 83
Factories and Workshops 84
Inspection 84
Defects Found 84
Home Work 85
Registered Workshops 86
Sanitary Inspection (Summary) 87, 89
Local Government Board Tables I.-III. 89, 93
Vaccination Returns 94, 95