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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| P—( Continued.) | Date of Reports. | Page op Reports. |
|---|---|---|
| Population, mere increase in number, of no advantage to the community, but, unless healthy, probably disadvantageous | „ 1878 | 26 |
| ,, estimated in 1857, at 84,000, incorrect, as proved by census in 1861 | Jan. 1858 | 4 |
| „ in 1831-41-51-61-71-72 | March,1862 | 9 |
| Sept. 1877 | 16, 17 & 18 | |
| ,, increasing although no increase in the num- ber of houses | Jan. 1858 | 9 |
| July, 1871 | 11 | |
| „ annual increase of, in London | Jan. 1564 | 7 |
| ,, in London in 1871; in Metropolitan Police District; within limits of School Board District; the number of children between the ages of 3 and 13 | • July, 1871 | 11 & 12 |
| „ in registered lodging houses | Jan. 1870 | 9 |
| Power should be conferred on the Asylum Board to contract for the reception of non-pauper small-pox patients into the Asylum Hospitals | June, 1878 | 11 |
| Practical bearing of some of the theories respecting the causes of cholera | Cholera Rept. Vol. 3 | 27, 28, 29, i and 30 |
| Pratt's Alley | Sept. 1873 | 10 |
| Precautions taken during the prevalence of cholera, 1866 | Cholera Bept. Vol.3 | 5 |
| Preliminary remarks to the Report on Cholera, 1866 | „ „ | „ „ |
| Premature decay .......................... | Dec. 1868 | 4 |
| Prevalence of fever in some parts of the District ...... | Jan. 1873 | 9,10 & 11 |
| „ „ in the District, as shown by the returns of the Metropolitan Asy-lum District, Letter from Mr. Vallance | April, 1857 | 7 |
| Prevention of disease, the, has not received due attention | Dec. 1868 | 9 |
| Jan. 1870 | 8 | |
| Oct. „ | »> | |
| ,, „ pauperism and crime | June, 1868 | 6 |
| Dec. „ | 9 | |
| Oct. 1870 | 8 | |
| Sept. 1871 | 10 | |
| Private Medical Practitioners recommended for the publio good to relinquish vaccination | June 1877 | 8 |
| „ school-rooms unhealth. | Oct. 1859 | |
| Privy Council, orders of, during prevalence of cholera | Cholera Rprt. Vol.3 | 7 |
| Privies, public, frequent stoppage of | Dec. 1867 | 8 |
| „ trough in use in Shoe Black Society's Home, Mansell Street, and Jews' Free School, BellLane | „ „ | |
| „ stopped, complaints of, not so numerous as formerly | July, 1871 | 7 |
| „ provided with water troughs | Dec. 1867 | 8 |
| Proceedings taken against persons for throwing dust and rubbish in the public streets, with results | Jan. 1864 | 6 |
| „ of the Board during the prevalence of cholera, 1866 | Cholera Rprt. Vol.3 | 7 |