London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Paddington 1872

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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CONTENTS.
Birth-rate and Death-rates 5
Deaths from Zymotic Diseases 5
Deaths from Tubercular forms of Disease 6
„ under 5 years of age 7
Vital Statistics of the Population for 6 years 8
The Canal Nuisance 9
Improvement of the Mortuary 10
The Slaughter-houses and Cow-sheds 12
The Metropolis Building Act Amendment 13
Private Slaughter-houses in towns 13
Public Urinals, and Urinal Nuisances 15
Workshops Regulation Act 16
Systematic Sanitary Inspection 17
Sanitary districts 18
The Fever Ambulance 19
Cleansing and Disinfection, under the Sanitary Act of 1866 20
Improvements in the Sewers of the Parish 20
Removal of Manure 23
Water Supply and Surface Wells 25
Public Baths and Laundry 27
Summary of Sanitary Work 28
Appendix—Table of Works 29