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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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| V—(Continued.) | Date of Reports. | Page of reports |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict, not proven, objectionable | Oct. 1859 | 5 |
| Vested rights of builders protected, but vested rights of the poor disregarded | Sept. 1871 | 10 |
| „ of ratepayers versus rights of owners of unhealthy houses | „ „ | 12 |
| Vestries and District Boards should make arrangements with the Sick Asylum Board for the reception of patients of the non-pauper class | March,1877 | 9 a. 10 |
| June, 1878 | 11 k 12 | |
| March,1879 | 9 | |
| Vestry of St. James, Westminster, letter from, on the want of adequate provisions for the reception of small- pox patients | „ 1877 | 9 & 10 |
| Vesuvians, death of a child*caused by drinking the water in which the phosphorous acid from vesuvians was dissolved | „ 1863 | 8 |
| Vicar of St. Jude's and the erection of improved lodging houses in George Yard | Sept. lb7G | 15 |
| Vine Court, Spitalfields, and Building Act | Oct. 18S4 | 7 |
| VillermG's and Edwards' researches on the effects of cold | Jan. 1875 | „ |
| Visiting Societies recommended | Sept. 1862 | 5 & 7 |
| Dec. 1868 | 10 | |
| Visitation of houses in the District, the Inspectors were courteously received | ,, 1856 . | 7 |
| ,, ,, no distinction made between the houses of the poor and of the rich | „ „ | 8 |
| Visitors, four in number, appointed by the Guardians to inspect dwellings for the purpose of ascertaining the number of children unvaccinated | Sept. 1878 . | „ |
| Visits made at night by Inspectors to houses in certain poor localities | „ 1877 | 18 k 19 |
| Vital statistics, contributions to, by Mr. Neison | March, ..... | 15 |
| Voluntary Sanitary Association in Whitechapel for visiting the poor, and its Report | Deo. 1877 | 12,13 & 14 |
| Vulliamy's, Mr., letter to Mr. Turner, in reply to his letter respecting the buildings erected in Nelson Court and Little North Street | Sept. 1871 | 9 |
| W. | ||
| Wakes or " waking the dead " in Irish families | Oct. 1874 | 11 |
| Jan. 1876 | ||
| Walton's Court | Sept. 1873 | 9 |
| Want of sewers and overcrowding are causes of ill health | Dec. 1856 | 1 |
| ,, of proper water supply | June, 1859 | 9 |
| Warm clothing, importance of | Jan. 1875 | 8 |
| Ward's, Mr. N. B. (inventor of the " Wardean Cases evidence on the importance of light on health of the people, especially the young | April, 1873 | 14 |