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
Woolwich 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Public Health and Housing Committee 2
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee 2
do. Visiting Sub-Committee 2
Staff of Public Health Department 3
Summary of Statistics 4
Preface 8
Natural and Social Conditions of the District.
Population 11
Social conditions of the District—occupations of inhabitants
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Vital Statistics.
Births 15
Births—Illegitimate 17
Marriages 18
Deaths 18
Infantile Mortality 27
Hospital treatment and other forms of medical relief 31
Sanitary Circumstances of the District.
Cleansing of Earth-closets, Privies and Cesspools 32
Scavenging 32
Sanitary Inspection of the Borough 33
Complaints 34
Inspections 34
Drains 39
Nuisances abated 40
Prosecutions 41
Houses Let in Lodging 44
Cleansing of Verminous Persons 44
Underground Sleeping Rooms 45
Offensive Trades 45
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces 45