London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Edmonton 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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CONTENTS.
SECTION I page
General Description of District.
Topography 5
Geology 5
Employment 6
Institutions 6
Open Spaces 6
Main Road 6
SECTION II.
Vital Statistics.
Population 7
Births and Birth Rate
Deaths and Death Rate 9
Death Certification 11
Inquests 11
Infantile Mortality 11
Zymotic Death Rate 14
SECTION III
Infectious and other Diseases.
Small Pox 17
Scarlet Fever 19
Diphtheria 21
Puerperal Fever 21
Erysipelas 21
Enteric Fever 22
Measles 23
Whooping Cough 25
Diarrhoea 25
Phthisis Middlesex Open-Air Sanatorium 25
Respiratory Diseases 28
Cancer 29
Syphilis 29
Alcoholism 29
Bacterial Examination in Infectious Disease 29
SECTION IV.
Isolation Hospital Accommodation 29
(a) For ordinary Infectious Diseases 29
(b) For Small-pox 38
Ambulance Arrangements 38,91
Methods of Disinfection after Infectious Disease 39,92