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 Kensington]
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Zymotic Diseases, death rate from, in the Parish, in the "West
Districts," and in all London 36
„ number of deaths, and death rates from,
striking variations in three successive half-years 37
"Fever," deaths from, in Brompton in 1875-6 (Table) 39
Zymotic Diseases, deaths from the principal, in Brompton,
1865-76 (Table) 40
Population of Kensington 41
„ great excess of female 41
„ and wealth, evidences of growth in 42
Marriages and Marriage Rate 42
Births and Birth Rate 42
Deaths and Death Rate 43
Death, special causes of 44—51
Public Institutions, deaths in 51
Inquests 53
Neglect of the Sick, a principal cause for the holding of
inquests 53
Deaths "not certified " 54
Unregistered and Unqualified Medical Practitioners 54
Deaths, with "no medical attendant" 55
Meteorology 56
Vaccination 56
"Vaccinated" and "Vaccinized"—a distinction 57
Slaughterhouses, licensed 57
„ Bye-laws; inadequate penalties for offences
under the 58
Cowsheds, licensed 59
„ proposal by Metropolitan Board of Works to regulate
by bye-laws 59
Cattle Plague, an outbreak of 60
Bakehouses 61
Sanitary Work 61
Dust, removal of 61
Manure, non-removal of, from Mews, &c. 62
"Public Health (Metropolis) Bill, 1877," remarks on the 63
Legal Proceedings, loss of time, and delay in 65
"Virginia Place," houses in, closed under ' Torrens' Act' . 65
Sanitary Wants—Mortuary and Disinfecting Chamber 66
Baths and Wash-houses 67
Water Supply 67
„ Abstract of Dr. Frankland's Annual Report 68
„ „ Colonel Bolton's „ 70
„ a new scheme of, for London 72
Gas 74
„ complaint of nuisance in the manufacture of 75
Conclusion 76
APPENDIX.
Statistical and other Tables, I—XII. 79