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Whitechapel 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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I & J–(Continued.)Date of Reports.Page of Reports.
Inquests, uncertainty in the holding ofSept. 18574
April, 1859„
July, „5& 6
Oct. „5
June, 18664
„ „ „ „„ 18619
„ 18624
on the bodies of three men who lost their lives while destroying an old sewer in Whitechapel RoadSept. 18575
„ number of, annuallyJan. 18648
„ in many cases, of no practical valueSept. 18674
„ anomalies in the holding ofJuly, 18596
„ held on unusual causes of deathMarch, 18604 & 5
June 18604
Dec. „4 & 5
Insane persons in England and Wales receiving relief from the poor rates, number ofSept. 18715
Insanity and pauperism„ „12
„ „ parentage of the former caused by the latter„ „„
Inspection of all houses in the DistrictDec. 18568 & 9
„ of shipping in the river during the choleraCholera Rprt. (Vol. HI.)21
„ of housesJune, 186810
„ of bake-housesApril, 18648 & 9
„ frequent, of houses would tend to improve the habits of the poorDec. „„
Inspector, a third appointedJuly, 18658
„ an additional one appointedDec. „9 & 10
Inspectors' return of daily inspections, Form ofJuly, 18646
„ a third required„ 18658
„ of Nuisances, staff of, during the cholera, 1866Cholera Rept (Vol. III.)21
,, four in number, recommendedMarch, 186810
„ amount of time required for inspection of housesJune, „11
„ duties of and necessity of retaining the present staffSpecial Rept. (Vol. III.)„
„ number of inspections made daily by the„ „13
„ should be provided with a clerk„ „„
„ additional trouble caused to, by landlords neglecting to attend to first noticeSept. 18678
„ of Local Board visit every house in which small-pox has occurredDec. 187013
Institutions, public, should send records of death to the Local Authority of the DistrictJune, 18733
Intercalary week introduced once in about every fifth yearJan. 1864„
Interment of the dead, speedy, during epidemicsDec. 187011