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Whitechapel 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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P–(Continued.)Date of Reports.Page of Reports.
Penalty of obtaining water surreptitouslyMarch, 18639
"People's Act "Dec. 187823
„ parksMarch,187910 & 11
Period of time of persons remaining in WorkhouseJuly, 18645
Persons, number of, killed by vehicles in streetsMarch,18794
Petition of Mr. Liddle to House of LordsOct. 187419 & 20
Petty Sessions, recommendation of local Board to limit the number of cows in cow-sheds according to their dimensions, agreed to by the MagistratesSept. 18679
Pigs, nuisance from the keeping ofApril, 18756 & 7
,, keeping ofSept. 185710
Jan. 1858„
April, „6
Oct. ,,7
Jan. 18599
July, „16
Oct. „8
April, 1864„
Sept. 1873„
April, 18756
„ „ and cattle in crowded districts injurious to healthSept. 18659
Pilbrow's, Mr., report on the Baths and WashhousesMarch, 18738 & 9
Place for reception of dead bodies during the time required for post mortem examinations recommendedJuly, 186910
Places where epidemic diseases are prevalentOct. 18564
Plain speakingJuly, 185810
Plan of operations suggested for carrying out the duties of the Medical Officer of HealthOct. 18561
Plans proposed for improvement of houses for the working classes„ 18709,10 & 11
Poisoning, from fumes of mercury in factoriesMarch,18606
Poisons, danger from the indiscriminate sale ofJune, 18574
„ sold in drug shops and oil shopsMarch,1860
Police, report of Chief Commissioner of, respecting the registered common lodging housesDec. 18708, 9 & 10
Pool's Place and water supplyJuly, 186410
Poor, moral effect upon, by clean streetsDec. 18658
,, rate levied on the whole metropolis may be objectionable,, 18679
,, people are far more sensible than is imagined to comforts and sanitary improvementsOct. 18564
„ „ cannot keep their houses clean from the want of water and defective condition of the pavement in their vicinity„ „„
,, insensible to the benefits of a good water supplyJune, 18626
,, selecting the refuse of fish for foodSept. „5
,, afraid to make complaints of nuisancesJuly, 18659
Dec. ,,„
„ by living entirely amongst themselves will not become elevated in the social scale„ „6
„ lodged in a most unsatisfactory manner„ 18677
„ Law Inspector, Dr. Smith, on cubic space for wards in workhouses„ 18709 & 10