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 Paddington]
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CONTENTS.
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General Sanitary Condition of the Parish 3
Table I.—Births and Deaths in the Four Quarters 4
„ II.—Zymotic Diseases in the last Three Years 5
,, III.—Comparative Mortality from Zymotic Diseases 7
„ IV.—Comparative Mortality among Children under 5 years 8
,, V.—Comparative Mortality from Tubercular Diseases „
Workshops Regulation Act 9
Public and other Urinals 11
Systematic Sanitary Inspection, House- to- House Visitations 12
Systematic Inspection of Mewses 16
Cow-sheds and Slaughter-houses 17
Metropolis Water Supply 18
Public Improvements 21
Inspection of Schools 23
Inspection of Vaccination „
Disinfecting Apparatus 26
Dead-house and Public Mortuary 27
Summary of Sanitary Works 28
APPENDIX.
Report on the Offensive Trades carried on on the Canal Basin.