Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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| O–(Continued.) | Date of Reports. | Page of Reports. |
|---|---|---|
| Overcrowding of rooms may be prevented, but no powers are given to prevent the cramming together of houses | Dec. 1877 | 10 & 11 |
| „ letter to Secretary of State thereon | July, 1859 | 7 |
| „ in Queen Ann Street and John Street | Dec. 1856 | 4 |
| „ in very many of the houses let in separate tenements | July, 1865 | 8 |
| „ in Inkhorn Court, Marlborough Court, Castle Alley, and Old Rose Lane | April, 1870 | 8 & 9 |
| „ in District | Sept. 1877 | 19 |
| „ in a house in Grey Eagle Street | July, 1859 | 7 |
| „ increasing, proposed remedy | Dec. 1865 | 6, 7, & 8 |
| ,, to a certain extent, may be prevented | June, 1861 | 5 |
| Dec. 1865 | 6 | |
| ,, a cause of | March,1863 | 4 |
| ,, being prevented in one District has the effect of overcrowding in another | July, „ | 7 |
| ,, and poverty | Sept. 1861 | 6 |
| ,, and ill-health | Dec. „ | 3 |
| March,1866 | 7 | |
| ,, and fever | June, 1863 | 9 & 10 |
| „ at night in certain rooms | Sept. 1867 | 7 |
| „ and large families | March,1863 | 6 |
| „ on the increase | June, „ | 3 |
| Dec. 1870 | 7 | |
| „ must be prevented | July, 1865 | „ |
| „ of registered common lodging houses | Jan. 1876 | 10 & 11 |
| Overfeeding and the use of improper food, the death of a child from | June, 1860 | 4 |
| Oxley, the man injured from the effects of scalding water in sewer | „ 1878 | 14 & 15 |
| P. | ||
| Pans and traps frequently broken | Sept. 1867 | 10 |
| Jan. 1858 | 13 | |
| Parish engine, use to which it might be usefully applied | July, 1864 | 10 |
| „ estates, Bell Place, Bell Court, and Princes Street | Sept. 1866 | 10 & 11 |
| March,1872 | 9 | |
| Pauper cases of sickness in the Whitechapel District greater than in any other district in the metropolis | July, 1868 | 5 |
| June, 1868 | „ | |
| Dec. „ | 9 | |
| ,, ,, illness excessive | July, 1858 | 5 |
| „ illness, number of cases, how accounted for | Jan. 1864 | 9 |
| ,, „ in the District | „ 1870 | 16 & 16 |
| March,1872 | 5 | |
| „ „ in 1855 | Oct. 1856 | 8 |
| „ out-door relief | Jan. 1874 | 13 |
| Paupers, increase in the number of | July, 1865 | 8 |
| Pauperism caused by disease | Dec. 1868 | 9 |
| Paving of the Courts in Aldgate, &c. | Oct. 1856 | 6 |