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 Ilford]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
GENERAL.
SECTION I.— NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE DISTRICT.
Page
Statistical Summary 15
Physical Features and General Character of the
District 16
Poor Relief 16
Hospital Provision 17
Population 17
Births 17
Deaths 18
Vital Statistics— Table l. 20
„ „ Table la. 22
Causes of Death—Table III. 23
SECTION II.— SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE
DISTRICT.
Water Supply 24
Rivers and Streams 24
Drainage and Sewerage 24
Closet Accommodation 25
Scavenging and Removal and Disposal of House
Refuse 26
Sanitary Inspection of the District:—
(a) Notices Served 27
(b) Complaints of Nuisances 28
(c) Schools 29
Bye-laws and Local Acts 28
SECTION III.— SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk Supply 29
Meat:—
(a) Slaughter-houses 29
(b) Articles of Food Surrendered and Seized 30
Other Foods:—
(a) Bakehouses 31
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 31
SECTION IV.— PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL
OVER, INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Infectious Disease generally 31
Table II.— Summary of Cases of Infectious Diseases
Notified 34
(a) Small-pox 35
(b) Scarlet Fever 36
(c) Diphtheria 36
(d) Enteric Fever 36
(e) Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 37
(f) Ophthalmia Neonatorum 37
(g) Acute Influenzal Pneumonia and Acute
Primary Pneumonia 37
Zymotic Diseases 37
Tuberculosis 38
Venereal Diseases 41