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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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| D-( Continued.) | Date of Reports. | Page of Reports. |
|---|---|---|
| Defective ventilation in relation to certain diseases | March 1872 | 11 |
| „ construction of some of the sewers | Dec. 1860 | 6 |
| „ drainage, consequences from | June, 1873 | |
| Definition of a pauper suffering from infectious diseases | „ 1878 | 11 |
| „ the terms applied to fevers | Dec. 1861 | 2 |
| „ pyæmia | Oct. 1874 | 3 |
| „ diphtheria | ,, ,, | „ |
| ,, malignant purpuric fever | ,, ,, | 4 |
| „ „ pustule | ,, ,, | ,, |
| „ tubercular meningitis | ,, ,, | |
| „ Addison's disease | ,, ,, | 5 |
| „ pythogenic fever | ,, ,, | 8 |
| Delay in taking legal proceedings sometimes occasionedby landlords commencing work required but failing to complete it | Sept. 1865 | 6 |
| Demoralized condition of the lower order | Dec. 1861 | ,, |
| Density of population and mean death-rate for 30 years in ten Districts in London | July, 1876 | 19 |
| „ „ and death-rate in certain localities, | March,1873 | 10, 11 & 12 |
| ,, „ in District | Dec. 1865 | 6 |
| „ „ causing a variation in the rate of mortality | March,1873 | 10, 11 & 12 |
| Deplorable condition of some of the property in the District | Oct. 1856 | 3 |
| Despotic powers may sometimes be requisite for dealing with unhealthy property | July, 1859 | 6 |
| Desirabiliity of obtaining records of death from public institutions | June, 1873 | 3 |
| Diarrhœa not dependent on temperature | Oct. 1875 | 7 |
| „ when epidemic, particularly fatal to children | Sept. 1860 | 5 |
| „ death-rate from, in relation to sanitary condition of locality | Oct. 1875 | 7 |
| „ and temperature | Sept. 1861 | 3 |
| ,, remarks of the Registrar General thereon | Oct. 1875 | 7 |
| Difference in the rate of mortality from epidemics in town and county Districts | Dec. 1856 | 3 |
| „ ,, „ between certain blocks of houses on the north & south sides of the District | March,1873 | 10, 11 & 12 |
| „ „ ,, in the Asylum Board Hospitals | March,1879 | 8 |
| Difficulty in dealing with overcrowed rooms | Sept. 1861 | 6 |
| „ in keeping houses occupied by the poor in good sanitary condition | Dec. 1872 | 7 |
| Dimensions of a small school room | Sept. 1863 | 7 |
| Diminution, month by month, in the rate of mortality in children under one year | March,1868 | 5 |
| Diphtheria, why so called | April, 1858 | 4 |
| „ and scarlet fever | Jan. 1864 | 8 |