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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Necessary Accommodation, Public Urinals, &c 205
Public Baths and Washhouses, A Site obtained for 205
Mortuary, Public, Remarks with regard to the 206
Mortuary Keeper's Residence 207
Coroner's Court 207
Disinfection 208
Water Supply, Abstract of Report on, by Professor Frankland 209
„ „ Sir Francis Bolton (Water Examiner) 213
,, Deterioration of, in Dirty Cisterns 217
Waste-pipes of Cisterns, The Medical Officer of the Local Government
Board recommends Abolition of 218
„ Communications addressed by the Vestry to the Local
Government Board, to the Vestries and to the Waterworks
Companies, with reference to 219
Gas, Results of examinations for ascertaining the illuminating power
and purity of the 222
„ Supply of, for street lighting 224
Excessive pressure complained of ; a proper subject for
enquiry 224
Conclusion 224
APPENDIX.
STATISTICAL AND OTHER TABLES.
Table 1. Estimated Population in 1884 and ten previous years
1874-83; Number of Inhabited Houses, of Marriages,
Births, Deaths, &c. 229
„ 2. Birth Rate and Death Rate; Death rates of Children ;
Deaths in Public Institutions, 1884 and 1874-83 230
„ 3. Deaths Registered from all Causes in 1884 231
,, 4. Deaths from Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases; Pulmonary
Diseases; Tubercular Diseases; Wast ing Diseases
of Infants; Convulsive Diseases of Infants: Gross and
Proportional Numbers 233
5. Deaths in 1884, and in 1874-83 from the Seven Principal
Zymotic Diseases: in the Parish, in the Metropolis, and
in England and Wales 234
6. Summary of Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work
completed in the year 1884-5 235