[Report 1888] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicester Borough.

  • Leicester (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1888
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Credit: [Report 1888] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicester Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS Part I.—SANITATION. v Health of Borough in 1888—Sickness during the year—Compulsory Notification of Infectious Disease—Small-pox—Scarlet Fever— Typhus and Typhoid—Diphtheria—Puerperal Fever—Erysipelas— Diarrhoea—Measles and Whooping Cough—Epizootic Disease— Anthrax--New Drainage Scheme—Flood Works—Open Spaces— New Baths—Unhealthy Houses—Artizans’ Dwellings—Lodging Houses—Town Refuse—Slaughter Houses, &c.—Gas Impurities— Water Supply—Cremation—Legislation in 1888—Work of Sanitary Department—Inspector's Report .pp. 7 to 48. Part II.—FEVER HOSPITAL. Patients under treatment during 1888—Statistics of Hospital Cases— Expendituie and Receipts -Cost per bed, 6cc.—New Disinfector— Presents to Hospital .pp. 49 to 57. Part III.—VITAL and MORTAL STATISTICS. Surnman -Area and Population- Inhabited Houses--Marriages— Births—Vaccinations Deaths and Death-rate -SeasonalMortality — Leicester compared with other Towns—True comparative Death- rates- Mortality at difierent ages—Infantile Mortality- Infantile Insurance -Classification of Deaths—Zymotic Diseases—Sickness from Infectious Diseases—Parasitic and Dietic Diseases—Consti¬ tutional Diseases—Local Diseases—Developmental Diseases—- Deaths from Violence—Ill-defined and unspecified causes—Inquests —Uncertified Deaths .pp. 58 to 94. APPENDIX. Analyst’s Report—Adulteration of Food—Water Analysis- Loca¬ lities of Deaths from Zymotic Disease Mortality Tables- Map of Borough .pp. 95 to 112.