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 Lewisham]
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CONTENTS.
Page.
Accidents, fatal 25
Adulteration of Food and Drugs 117, 119, 124
127, 129, 130
,, ,, ,, forms of 119
Age Periods of Deaths 18
,, Infectious Disease 43
All Saints Orphanage, outbreak of Diphtheria
55
Analyses of samples of water 103
Analyst, Public, report of 117 to 131
Anti-toxine in Diphtheria 51
Attack Rates, infectious disease 45, 46
Bacteriological examination of water
and watercress 104
Bakehouses, underground 94
Beacon Road Board School, Scarlet
Fever among scholars 60
Births, registered 15
,, ,, in Divisions 16
Birth Rate 15
,, in Divisions 16
Butter, samples analysed 122 & 129
,, preservative in 122
,, colouring matter in 122
,, details of adulterations 130
Cancer, mortality from 24
Chicken Pox, notification of 52
Crystal Palace District Gas Bill 107
Combined Drainage 95
Communications from various local
authorities 108
Constitutional Diseases, mortality from 25
Cowsheds 92
Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1903 78
„ „ „ 1890,
houses examined under 95
Dairies 92
Death, ages at 18, 34, & 35
Death, causes of in detail 34, 35
Deaths, in Divisions 27 & 30
,, in Disease Groups 30
,, of Infants, causes of 21
„ ,, percentage to total
deaths 19
„ registered 17
,, in Wards 28
,, from Zymotic Diseases 37
Death Rates from all causes 29
,, County of London 27, 29, 32, 33
,, in Disease Groups 31
in Divisions 27, 29
,, Infantile 38
,, Metropolitan Boroughs 32, 33
from Phthisis 38
,, in Wards 29
,, from Zymotic Diseases 22
Digestive Diseases, mortality from 25
Diphtheria, age periods 44
,, mortality from 23, 45
,, notifications 51
Disinfection 60
Dwellings occupied by working classes 81,82, 83
Employment of Children Act, 1903 77
Enteric Fever, mortality from 23, 45
,, notifications 52
Erysipelas, notifications 53
Expiring Laws Continuance Act, 1903 76
Generative Organs, diseases of, mortality
from 25
Heart disease, mortality from 25
House-to-house inspection 90
Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1903 76
,, „ „ premises
dealt with 78
Infantile Mortality 20
,, death rate from 38
Infected Army Blank is 91
Infectious disease, age periods of 43
,, attack rates from 45
,, attack rates in Metro,,
politan Boroughs 49
,, mistaken diagnosis 43
,, notifications 43
,, return cases 46
,, notified by school
,, authorities 56
,, street list
Inspections, general 92
Legal Proceedings 90
Legislative measures in 1903 75
Page.
Lewisham Bridge Board School, outbreak
of diphtheria 57
Local Government Board Tables 135 to 138
Marriage Rate 16
Measles at Lewisham Bridge Board School 60
,, mortality from 23
,, notifications 53
Meteorological Table 40
Midwives Act, 1902 75
Milk, artificial colouring in 121
,, composition of samples 128
,, details of adulterated samples 127
number of samples analysed 121
,, ,, ,, per 1,000
of the population 129
,, preservatives in 121
,, results of analysis of samples 126
Mistaken diagnosis, infectious disease 43
Mortality 17
Mortuaries 98
Mumps notified 55
Nervous diseases, mortality from 25
Non-residents dying in Public Institutions
in Borough 36
Nuisances from
House Refuse deposit 88
Smoke 88
Ballast Fire 88
Public Urinals 88
Gipsies 89
Fish Offal 89
Stable Litter 89
Outworkers, List of 101
Overcrowding 98
Phthisis, death rates from 38
,, mortality 23
Street list 62
Pollution of Rivers Pool and Ravensbourne 101
,, ,, by sewage 104
,, ,, by Gas products 106
Population, 1903 13
,, increase in 13
,, in Wards 14
,, in Divisions 15
Population residing in 1, 2, 3 and 4-roomed
homes 87
Premises subject to registration 98
Prosecutions under Sale of Food and
Drugs Acts 118,131
Public Analyst, report of 117 to 131
Public Institutions in Borough
Non-residents dying in 36
Residents dying in 36
Public Institutions outside Borough,
deaths in 26
Puerperal Fever notifications 53
Rainfall 40
Residents dying in Public Institutions in
Borough 36
Residents dying in Public Institutions
outside Borough 26
Respiratory Diseases, mortality from 25
Return cases, infectious disease 46
Rivers pollution 101
St. Stephen's Schools, Diphtheria at 56
Sanitary Work, register of 93
Sanitation of Schools, defective 60
Scarlet Fever, age periods 44
,, mortality from 23,45
,, notifications 50
Seasonal Mortality 19
School Attendance, age for 44
Schools and Infectious disease 55
Slaughterhouses 92
Slum Property 83
Small Pox notification 50
Spirits, etc , adulterations of 130
Street List of Infectious disease and Phthisis 62
Suicides 25
Underground Bakehouses 94
Urinary Organs, diseases of, mortality from 25
Watercress Beds, pollution of 106
Water Certificates 96
Whooping Cough 23, 55
Workshops, List of 97
„ defects reported by Inspector 100
,, inspection of 99
Zymotic Death Rates 22,37
Zymotic Diseases, ages at death from 39
,, deaths from in Wards 37