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
Kensington 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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CONTENTS.
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General Remarks on the Mortality in 1872 5
Population 8
Births 8
Marriages 9
Deaths 9
„ not certified" 10
„ from Zymotic Diseases 12
Small Pox Epidemic 12
„ „ how it is spread 14
Sanitary Legislation, defects in 17
Typhoid Fever in South Kensington 18
Deaths from Local Diseases 19
,, in Public Institutions (Parish Infirmary) 20
Inquests 20
Meteorology 21
Vaccination 21
„ Act, prosecutions under 22
Sanitary Work 23
The Potteries 23
Sewer Ventilation 23
Dust Removal 24
Tucker's Factory 24
Overcrowding 24
Jennings' Buildings 25
Yeoman's Row 25
Licensed Slaughter Houses 26
„ Cow Sheds 28
Bakehouses 28
Sanitary Wants : Mortuary, Disinfecting Chamber,
Baths and Wash-houses 28
Water Supply and the " Water Regulations " 29
Gas 33