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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Bakehouses, Legislation with respect to the 79
Dust and Ashes, Removal of 79
Manure (Stable), Non-removal of 80
Necessary Accommodation, (Public Urinals, &c.) 81
Baths and ..Wash-houses, Public 82
Disinfection of Houses, Bedding, Clothing, &e., after Infectious
Diseases 83
Water Supply 84
„ Summary of Professor Frankland'B Report on the. 84
„ ,, Colonel Bolton's „ „ 89
Qas, Results of Tests for ascertaining the illuminating power of the 92
„ „ „ „ purity of 93
„ Supply of, for Street Lighting 93
Conclusion 93
APPENDIX.
STATISTICAL AND OTHER TABLES.
Table 1.—Estimated Population in 1879 and ten previous years
1869-78 : Number of Inhabited Houses : Gross numbers
of Births, Deaths, and Marriages 97
„ 2.—Birth and Death Rates, Deaths of Children, and Deaths in
Public Institutions, 1879 and 1869—78 98
,, 3.—Deaths Registered from all causes in 1879 99
,, 4.—Deaths from Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases: Pulmonary
Diseases, Tubercular Diseases : Wasting Diseases of
Infants, Convulsive Diseases of Infants ; Gross numbers
j Proportions of to 1000 deaths and to 1000
population 101
5.—Deaths in 1879 and 1869—78 from the Seven Principal
Zymotic Diseases 102
6 & 6A.—Sanitary Work, Summaries of 103, 104
,, 7 & 8.—Comparative Analysis of Mortality in London and
Kensington from certain classes of disease: Death rates
and percentages of deaths, at ages : from Violence, in
Public Institutions, &c., &c. 105,106
„ 9.—Localities where fatal cases of the most important of the
Zymotic Diseases occurred in 1879 107
„ 10.—Vaccination Officer's Annual Return 109
„ 11.—Slaughterhouses, Localities of, and Names of Licensees 110
„ 12.—Cowsheds „ „ „ 1ll
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