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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CONTENTS.
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Prefatory Remarks 5
Death-rate, Parochial and Metropolitan 6
Registration District, " Kensington" 6
„ Sub-Districts—"Kensington Town" and "Brompton" 7
Wards, Parochial Division into 7
Kensington, Evidences of the growth of, in Population and Wealth,
1801-80 7
Zymotic Diseases, Remarks on the Seven Principal 8
„ Number of Deaths from the Seven Principal 10
Scarlet Fever 10
„ Outbreaks of 11
„ Co-operation of School Authorities for preventing
the Spread of 12
„ Inquests on Fatal Cases of 13
„ Illustrations of unsuspected Modes of Spread of 14
Diphtheria 15
Measles 16
Whooping-cough 17
" Fever," Typhus, Enteric, and Simple Continued 18
DiarrhŒa 18
Small-Pox 19
„ Table of cases of, during epidemic (1876-80) 20
Fulham Small-Pox Hospital, The year's work at 21
„ „ The Indictment against 22
„ „ Description of District, Site, &c., of 23
(Map of District: Plan of Hospital).
Small-Pox, Is Fulham Hospital the cause of the spread of, in Kensington,
Chelsea, and Fulham ? 24
„ Illustrations of modes of spread of 28
" Hampstead Small-Pox Hospital Case" 33
Hospital Accommodation for the Infectious Sick (Non-paupers) 33
"Disqualification by Medical Relief," A Bill to prevent 37
Ambulance Service, Metropolitan 40