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69
1889 .
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Birth and Death-rates, &c., for Registration London 71
The Health of London in 1889 73
Meteorological Summary 74
Metropolitan Water Supply 77
Area, Density, and Population of St. Giles District 79
Marriages and Marriage-rate in ditto 80
Births and Birth-rate in ditto 81
Deaths and Death-rate in ditto 82
Infantile Mortality 84
Deaths of Old People 84
Uncertified Deaths 85
Inquests 85
The Public Mortuary 86
Deaths in Public Institutions (within the District):—
(a) The Workhouse, Broad Street 87
(b) Tae British Lying-in Hospital, Endell Street 88
Deaths in Public Hospitals, &c. (outside the District) 88
The Bloomsbury Dispensary, Bloomsbury Street 89
Model Buildings tenanted by the Working Classes :— 90
1.—Buildings belonging to the Peabody Trustees—
(a) The Great Wild Street Block 90
(b) The Little Coram Street Block 91
2.—Buildings belonging to the Incorporated Society for Improving the
Condition of the Working Classes—
(a) The Model Houses, Streatham Street 92
3.—Buildings belonging to the Central London Dwellings Improvement
Company—
(a) The Thurston and Holland Model Dwellings, Newton Street 92
Zymotic Diseases :—
1. Small-pox 93
2. Measles 94
3. Scarlet Fever 94
4. Diphtheria 95
5. Whooping-cough 96
6. Fever 96
7. Diarrhœa 97