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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moval of patients and in the disinfection of rooms; and whether
in or out of office hours he has never hesitated to do the work
required to be done, regardless of the risk and danger to which he
is exposed. It is highly gratifying to me in this trying period of
an epidemic, when 1 am daily called upon to render such assistance,
as the Sanitary Department of the Vestry has enabled me
to administer, to state that I have had the services of an
an officer who has willingly and energetically carried out my
wishes and given great satisfaction to the numerous persons who
have applied.
A List of Pamphlets and Books received:—
Fifth Annual Report on the Sanitary Condition of Merthyr Tydfil, by J. T. Dyke.
The Tottenham Board of Health on the Disposal of the Sewage of their district.
On Earth Closets and Earth Sewage, by G. A. Waring, Jun. New York.
On the Sanitary Condition of Whiteehapel, by John Liddle, Esq—Of the City of
London, by II. Letheby, M.B. &c.—Of Manchester, by John Leigh, M.R.C.S.—
Also, on Infectious Disease in Manchester. Presented to the Health Committee,
Dec. 1870.
Seven Articles on London Pauperism, by Sir Charles Trevelyan; also his Address on
the Systematic Visitation of the Poor in their own homes : an indispensable
basis of an effective system of charity.
Third Annual Report of the North of England Anti-Tobacco Society, 1870.
Cluny Hill Hydropathic Establishment—Regulations, Letter, &c., by W. B. Hunter.
Infection and Disinfectants: a Paper, &c., reported from the Home Nurse.
The Food Journal—The Milk Journal—The Lancet—Alliance News. (Weekly.)
Reports of the Registrar General, England and Wales and Scotland. : Social Science
Proceedings, &c. (Monthly.)
Parliamentary Papers—Workshop Regulation Act 18G7 Amendment Bill—Adulteration
of Food, Drink, and Drugs Bill—Election and Office of Coroner Bill—
Metropolis Water Supply Bill—Report 0n the Water Supply Bill—Report on the
Royal Sanitary Commission—Metropolitan Buildings and Management Bill.
A Bill to amend the Laws of Lunacy, and to provide for the management of Habitual
Drunkards. The Intoxicating Liquors (Licensing) Bill.