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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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| R—(Continued.) | Date of Reportb. | Page of Reports. |
|---|---|---|
| Kesolution of Board directing that a letter be sent to every Medical Practitioner in the District, asking that information be sent to the Sanitary Authorities respecting the existence of any contagious disease in houses ) | March,1878 | 15 |
| ,, of the Society of Medical Officers -of Health respecting the making it a legal obliga-tion on some persons to give information to Sanitary Authorities of infectious diseases occurring in any house or vessel ) | „ „ | „ |
| Restlessness and drowsiness" in Church owing to the inhalation of impure air | „ 1857 | 6 |
| Retention of dead bodies | June, 1860 | |
| Deo. ,, | 6 | |
| March,1862 Dec. 1865 | 8 | |
| June, 1867 | »» | |
| Jan. 1875 | 9 | |
| Return of cow-houses | Oct. 1868 | 15 |
| „ of fever cases since 1838 | July, 1858 | 8 |
| „ of cases of illness from the several London Districts | „ „ | 5 |
| „ of the proportion of deaths of children prepared by Registrar-General to an Order of the House of Commons | March, 1868 | „ |
| Returns of fever cases and deaths in Fever Hospital, 1868-9 | Oct. 1869 | 12 |
| „ of deaths to Medical Officers of Health discon-tinued by Registrar-General | Jan. 1875 | |
| April, ,, | 4 | |
| Rich and poor should live near to each other | Dec. 1865 | 6 |
| Roberts, Mr., Chemist to the Mint, on the effects of the escape of the sulphuric and sulphurous vapours from the refining premises near the Mint | „ 1878 | 24 |
| Rooms, number of, let in separate tenements, 17,000, require periodical inspection | July, 1865 | 8 |
| „ overcrowded and indecently occupied | March,1862 | 13 |
| June, 1863 | 7 | |
| April, 1870 . | 8 | |
| Mar. 1872 | ||
| „ badly constructed | Dec. 1867 | 7 |
| April, 1869 | 11 | |
| June, 1873 | 16 | |
| Room overcrowded by young children | March,1879 | 12 |
| Rothschild, Sir Anthony, refuses to allow a Chemist to inspect his premises with the Medical Officer of Health | Sept. 1866 . | 7 |
| „ Sir Anthony's premises, committee ap- pointed to inspect | March,1867 | 5 & 6 |
| Royal Mint Street area 50 per cent, in excess of the rate of mortality of the entire District | July, 1875 | 8 |
| „ „ is well suited for a site for the erection of houses for the labouring classes | March,1873 | 12 |
| July, 1875 | 9 | |
| Rules and regulations for lodging houses adopted by the Board | March,1869 | 8, 9, 10 & 11 |
| „ for the prevention of scarlet-fever | April, 1869 | 9, 10 & 11 |
| Rupture of internal carotid artery from scarlet-fever | Oct. 1859 | 5 |