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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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| G–(Continued.) | Date of Reports. | Page of Reports. |
|---|---|---|
| Guildhall, Westminster appeal case | Jan. 1869 | 8 |
| Guardians and pauper sickness returns | June, 1868 | 5 |
| ,, and vaccination | Dec. 1870 | 12 |
| ,, operation of, in the small-pox epidemic of 1870 | „ „ | 13 |
| ,, communication of, to Medical Officer of Health on a certain unhealthy area in Spitalfields | April, 1876 | 10 & 11 |
| H. | ||
| Hairbrain Court | Sept. 1873 | 8 |
| Half of the total deaths in this District occur before the fifth year of age | Dec. 1856 | 3 |
| „ time system of children attending schools recommended | Sept. 1861 | 7 |
| Hæmorhagic small-pox, death from | March,1873 | 9 |
| Hardening process as applied to children, folly of | Jan. 1859 | 4 |
| Have's Court | Sept. 1872 | 10 |
| June, 1872 | 6 | |
| Health and water supply | „ 1862 | 5 |
| „ the only capital of the poor | Oct. 1856 | 3 |
| Healthiness or unhealthiness of a District, remarks on | Dec. 1876 | 17 & 18 |
| Heat excessive | July, 1874 | 6 |
| Oct. 1876 | 5 | |
| High houses as proposed to be built for working men objectionable | July, 1876 | 14 |
| High rate of mortality in Spitalfields | Dec. 1864 | 4 |
| Holland, Dr., on the phrase " epidemic constitution of the atmosphere" | April, 1864 | 6 |
| Homerton Hospital, red tapeism at, and inconvenience resulting therefrom | „ „ | 11 |
| Hospital authorities should send regularly to the Local Sanitary Boards particulars of the deaths of those who die therein | July, 1874 | 3 |
| ,, London, deaths from pyaemia therein | July, „ | „ |
| „ accommodation. Local Government Board | Dec. 1876 | 15 & 16 |
| Hospitals, deaths in, distributed by the Registrar-General proportionally over the several Districts | April, 1864 | 7 |
| Hours of labour too long | April, „ | 8 & 9 |
| Dec. „ | 7 | |
| House-to-house visitation adopted | Oct. 1856 | 3 |
| ,, „ importance of | Jan. 1859 | 7 |
| „ ,, completed | Sept. 1861 | 5 |
| ,, inspection among the poor should be made frequently | July, 1859 | 6 |
| House rent too dear for the poorer classes | Jan. ,, | „ |
| Dec. „ | 8 | |
| „ accommodation in a very unsatisfactory condition. | „ 1867 | 7 |
| „ Governor, London Hospital, letter from | Sept. 1872 | 3 & 4 |
| Houses, number of, taken down for the formation of St. Katharine Dock | Oct. 1856 | 4 |
| ,, „ demolished, for the requirements of improvements, from 1821 to 1851 | Dec. „ | 3 |
| „ ,, in 1851, 1861 and 1871 | June, 1861 | 4 |
| Dec. 1862 | 20, 21 & 22 | |
| July, 1871 | 11 |