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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| L–(Continued.) | Date of Reports. | Page of Reports. |
|---|---|---|
| Letter of Mr. Vallance on Report of Commissioners of Police on the comparative few cases of infectious and contagious diseases in registered common lodging houses | Sept. 1876 | 10 |
| „ from Mr. Jebb, Clerk to the Metropolitan Asylum Board, on small-pox cases | Dec. „ | 11 |
| „ from Mr. Coombes, the Vaccination Officer | March,1877 | 7 |
| „ from Mr. Buzzard, Clerk to St. James' Vestry, on the inadequate provisions made for smallpox patients | „ „ | 9 & 10 |
| „ of Dr. Swyer on Great Pearl Street scheme | June, „ | 12 |
| Sept. „ | 16 | |
| ,, of Mr. Sequeira on courts in Whitechapel and Spitalfields | „ „ | 15 |
| „ of Mr. Turner, the Clerk to Sir G. C. Lewis, the Home Secretary, on the danger to health from the prolonged retention of the dead. Reply to same unsatisfactory | Dec. 1865 | 7& 8 |
| ,, of Mr. Turner to cow-keepers relating to number of cows that may be kept in each cow-shed, in accordance with the decision of the Magistrates | Sept. 1867 | 10 |
| „ to Board by Dr. Buchanan on provisions necessary to be made during the prevalence of fever | Oct. 1869 | 12 |
| Letters from Clergymen during the cholera of 1849 and 1886 | Cholera Rept. (Vol. III.) | 49,50,51,52, 53, 54 & 55 |
| Licensing of cow-houses and the cattle plague | June, 1866 | 6 |
| „ „ in Paddington, none licensed in St. James', Westminster. | Sept. 1868 | 6 & 7 |
| „ „ Dr. Ballard's, Mr. Tegg's, and Dr. Buchanan's evidence | „ „ | „ |
| Licenses for keeping cows vested in the Magistrates, who are thereby entirely responsible for the granting of licenses | „ 1867 | 11 |
| Light, importance of, to the public health | April 1876 | 14 |
| ,, especially solar light, essential to the well-being of man | Dec. 1858 | 8 |
| Lime juice, frequently in not sufficient quantity and of inferior quality | March,1861 | 6 |
| List of trades nuisances abolished | Dec. 1871 | 13 & 14 |
| ,, slaughter-houses and cow-houses | Sept. 1869 | 18 & 19 |
| Local Registrar for Spitalfields, note of, on the informality of the death certificate of a Medioal Practitioner | Oct. 1869 | 5 |
| „ Management Act might be sometimes better made use of than the Nuisances Removal Act | Sept. 1865 | 6 |
| ,, Government Board correspondence on the subject of cases of cholera in Royal Mint Street | 1973 | 13 |
| „ Boards should have power in making bye-laws as regards new buildings | March,1872 | 12 |
| ,, ,, resolution on the desirability of having a mortuary | June, 1867 | 7 |
| „ „ power to promote sanitary measures | Jan. 1871 | 14 |