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

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Woolwich 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Diarrhoea or Zymotic Enteritis—Notification, Statistics—Tables 43
Erysipelas 50
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 50
Anterior Polio-Myelitis 51
Puerperal Fever 51
Influenza, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia 52
Tuberculosis—Notification 52
Duration of Illness 55
Source of Infection—Occupation 55
Bacteriological Diagnosis 57
Hospital and Sanatorium Treatment 57
Charge for Beds 57
Nature of Cases 58
Shelters for Consumptives 62
Tuberculosis Dispensary 63
Cancer—Classification 69
Causes of 72
Alcoholism 76
Syphilis 77
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 77
Meteorology 78
Part II.—Administration.
Water Supply—Plumstead Well—Houses with no Water Supply
inside the house 79
Tenement Houses 83
Food and Drugs Act—Percentage Milk Adulteration 83
Informal Sampling 85
Food Inspection 88
Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milk Shops 88
Slaughterhouses 90
Nuisances—Complaints, Drains, Water-closets, Supervision of
Drainage 90
Public-house Urinals 91
House Inspection 91
Medical Officer's Inspections 91
Overcrowding 92