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 Finchley]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Vital Statistics— page
Population of the District, and of each of the Sub-Districts 7
Number of People to the Acre 8
Births and Birth-rate 8
Mortality, Death-rates, and Causes of Mortality 9
Infectious Diseases and Measup.es taken to Prevent their Spread 19
Small-pox. 22
Puerperal Fever 25
Measles and Whooping Cough 25
Notes on the Outbreak of Throat Affection resembling
Diphtheria 28
Diphtheria 35
Scarlet Fever 38
Scarlet Fever Hospital 38
Cases of Infection among Paupers 40
The Spread of Infectious Disease by Tramps 40
Tenemented Houses 42
Meteorology 43
Sanitary Work Performed During the Year 44
Nuisances 44
House to House Inspection 45
The Sewage Farm 46
Bakehouses, Dairies and Cowsheds, and Slaughter-houses 46
Analyses performed 47
List of Bakehouses, Dairies and Cowsheds and Slaughterhouses
in the District 47
Report of the Sanitary Inspector 49