London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Whitechapel 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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| A-(Continued.) | Date of Reports. | page of Reports. |
|---|---|---|
| Artizans' Dwellings Improvement Act, 1875 | July, 1875 | 8 |
| „ 1876 | 12 13,14, & 15 | |
| Dec. 1878 | 22 & 23 | |
| „ and Labourers' Dwellings Act, combined action of the Commissioners of Sewers and the Metropolitan Board, recommended in carrying out a scheme in Petticoat Lane | July 1876 | 13 |
| Arsenical paper hanging, death from | Dec. 1862 | 4 |
| Aspect of the pauper and criminal classes | Sept. 1871 | 12 |
| Associations, voluntary, for visiting the houses of the poor, advantage arising therefrom | Dec. 1877 | ,, |
| Atmosphere, the close, induces the desire for strong drinks | „ 1868 | 10 |
| „ impurity of, in crowded localities | March.1872 | 11 |
| Attention of the Board drawn to the Report of the Chief Commissioner of Police on registered common lodging houses, and discussion thereon | Dec. 1870. | 8, 9, & 10 |
| „ not adequately given to the erection of houses for the poor, but money largely spent in embellishment of the Metropolis | Oct. 1869 | 5 |
| Authority, sanitary, in 1837 | March,1877 | 19 |
| Avenue Place | April, 1871 | 12 |
| Dec. 1872 | 8 | |
| Average age at death in 1839 | „ 1878 | 12 |
| „ deaths of males to females in England and Wales. | Sept. „ | 11 |
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| Back yards built over, information given to the District Surveyor, and result | Sept. 1871 | 13 & 14 |
| March,1879 | 10 | |
| Bacon seized as being unfit for food | Dec. 1870 | 10 |
| Sept. 1872 | 11 | |
| Bad condition of the water in public pumps | Dec. 1871 | 6 |
| March, 1872 | 5 | |
| Basements, the occupation of, illegal and dangerous | Dec. 1864 | 4 |
| Bate, Dr., on lead poisoning | Sept. 1877 | 9 |
| Baths and wash-houses | „ 1872 | 12 & 13 |
| March,1873 | 8 | |
| June, 1873 | 13 | |
| „ in Goulston Street in satisfactory condition | Oct. 1859 | 16 |
| Bakehouses, visitation of | April, 1864 | 8 |
| Sept. 1872 | 13 | |
| „ underground objectionable | Dec. 1864 | 9 |
| „ 1867 | 11 | |
| Sept. 1872 | 13 | |
| „ proposed annual license of | ,, ,, | 13 & 14 |
| ,, unfitted for the purpose of baking bread, &c | June, 1878 | 12 & 13 |
| „ in Fashion Street abolished | Sept ,, | 16 |
| „ Act repealed | ,, ,, | 15 |
| Bakers' Arms Alley, improvement therein | April, 1858 | 6 |
| Baxter, Dr., on disinfectants | Dec. 1876 | 13 |
| Begging and other crimes resorted to from inability to perform hard work | „ 1868 | 9 |