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Whitechapel 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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| W-(Continued.) | Date of Reports. | Page of Reports. |
|---|---|---|
| Watson, Sir Thomas, on typhoid or enteric fever, obser-vations thereon | June 1872 | 10 |
| March, 1877 | 16 | |
| „ „ on the germ theory of disease | „ „ | „ |
| „ Mr., City Chamberlain of Glasgow, on slaughter-houses | Sept. 1868 | 8 |
| Weather unusually warm in October, 1861 | Dec. 1861 | 5 |
| Weekly Returns of local Registrars, importance of | Jan. 1875 | 4 |
| Weight of cubic foot of air | Mar. 1877 | 5 |
| Whitechapel Church belfrey made the depository for dead bodies | Sept. 1863 | 7 |
| „ Road | Dec. 1872 | |
| „ and Limehouse improvement scheme, a larger number of the working classes is provided for than is to be displaced | July, 1876 | 15, 16 & 17 |
| „ Sanitary Association for visiting the houses of the poor | Dec. 1877 | 12 & 13 |
| „ District, the highest death-rate in, was (with the exception of the cholera year 1866) in 1847,when influenza so extensively prevailed | March, „ | 13 |
| „ „ its rate of mortality the highest but one of any other Metropoli- tan District | April, 1864 | 7 |
| „ „ fever cases in the, not sent to Fever Hospitals | „ „ | „ |
| „ Improvement Act, benefits therefrom | Oct. 1856 | 6 |
| „ North sub-District having a large proportion of infantile mortal-ity speaks unfavorablyof its sanitary condition | July, 1875 | „ |
| „ „ „ localities comprised therein | ||
| Whitewashing rooms, neglect of landlords | Sept. 1867 | 6 |
| Why life is so short | July, 1869 | 12 |
| Wilson's Place | Dec. 1860 | 18 |
| Wilton, Thomas, Mr., on the effect of migrations in dis-turbing local rates of mortality | „ 1876 | „ |
| Wood's Court, Norton Folgate, improvement therein | April, 1874 | 10 |
| Wood Street, Spitalfields, nuisance from skin dyeing, &c. | June, 1873 Dec. 1870 | 8 9 |
| Workhouse, cubic space for each inmate in | Jan. 1876 | 11 |
| „ large mortality from epidemic diseases | „ 1858 | 5 |
| ,, Table prepared by Mr. Craven of deaths therein and the duration of the cases | March,1862 | „ |
| „ deaths in, short period of inmates therein | „ „ | „ |
| ,, apparent unhealthy condition of | July, 1864 | „ |
| „ Infirmary, Table showing the localities from whence fever cases were temporarily admitted | June, 1877 | 10 |
| Dec. „ | 6 | |
| March, 1878 | „ | |
| June, „ | „ | |
| „ returns from, relating to cholera | Cholera Rept. (Vol.III.) | 58 |
| Working-classes herding together in a suburb, a social wrong and might prove to be a political mistake | Dec. 1865 | 6 |