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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. |
|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria, definition of | Oct. 1874 | 3 |
| Dirty habits of the people | Sept. 1862 | 4 & 5 |
| „ rags, boiling of, nuisance arising therefrom | July, 1874 | 8 |
| Directions, as prepared by Dr. Budd, of Bristol, for the prevention of the spreading of fever and scarlet fever, ordered to be printed by the Board and circulated | Special Rprt. vol. 3. | |
| Discrepancies in the returns of the Medical Officers of the Union | „ 1859 | 4 |
| Districts, medical | Jan. 1858 | 17 |
| ,, should combine to build hospital for contagious diseases | Dec. 1870 | 24 |
| District Surveyor and underground rooms | March,1860 | 6 |
| „ Surveyors „ „ | ,, 1863 | 5 |
| „ visitors recommended | Sept. „ | 7 |
| „ extent of | June, 1868 | 12 |
| „ length of streets therein | ,, ,, | ,, |
| Disinfectants used during the cholera in 1866 | Cholera Rept. vol. 3. | 22, 23, 24, 25 & 26 |
| „ use of, by Dr. Stephen Duke, and his report thereon | ,, ,, | 24 |
| ,, Dr. Letheby, on the use of | ,, ,, | 23 & 24 |
| „ necessity of using them | ,, ,, | 26 |
| „ conclusions of Dr. Baxter on their use | Dec. 1876 | 13 & 14 |
| Disinfection of clothing | Sept. 1867 | 12 |
| Dec. 1870 | 11 | |
| Oct. 1874 | 9,10& 11 | |
| „ memorandum on, by Mr. Simon, the Medical Officer to the Privy Council | 1869 | 11 |
| „ of clothing, &c., value of | „ 1874 | 9, 10 & 11 |
| „ difficulties in the carrying out | ,, ,, | 11 |
| ,, of rooms, in the, paper to be stripped off the walls and the walls cleansed | March,1872 | 7 |
| Disinfecting establishment | July, 1869 | 10 |
| „ apparatus, erected by Fraser Brothers | April, 1871 | 8 |
| July, „ | 10 | |
| Diseases, importance of using means for the prevention of | Dec. 1868 | 9 |
| ,, Prevention Act, when in force | ,, ,, | 8 |
| „ caused by insufficient food | „ 1864 | 7 |
| Disease, cheaper to prevent than to pay for, the consesequences thereof | Sept. 1871 | 10 |
| Discontinuance of weekly returns of local Registrars | Jan. 1875 | 4 |
| Dock Company, in pulling down such a large number of houses, should have been compelled to build others near to those which they took down | Oct. 1856 | ,, |
| Doles of relief to out-door paupers are of little use | Jan. 1874 | 13 |
| Drains and privies should be flushed by pails of water | July, 1871 | 6 |
| Drinking fountains | Jan. 1859 | 9 |
| „ hot water from a tea kettle, death from | Dec. 1860 | 4 |
| Drought unusually long | July, 1865 | 4 |
| Drunkenness and poverty | March,1860 | ,, |