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St George (Southwark) 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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10 Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark. Report of the Medical Officer of Health, for the Fourth Quarter, 1858. 11
TABLE 7.—
| Cases | Number of Houses or Plaoes visited. | Number of Visits of Medical Officer and Inspector. | Premises unclean, or dilapidated within | Overcrowded | Unfit for habitation | Insufficient Ventilation | Water | Water receptacle, none, bad, or without cover | Drainage | Cesspool | Water Closet defective, or without Water | Yard badly paved | Cellar badly paved | Refuse accumulated in excess | Dustbin, none or imperfect | Nuisances from animals badly kept | Slaughter-houses Manufactories in unwholesome state, not including Slaughter houses visited for Licensing | Burial Vaults requiring improvement | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defioient | No supply | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Without | Defeotive | Cleansed | Abolished | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 49 | 67 | 201 | 17 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 9 | . | 28 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 1 | Provision for collecting altogether irregular and defective. | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| Work completed | 29 | 38 | . | 8 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 18 | 0 . 1 | 10 | 11 | . | 7 | 2 | 4 | . | ||||||
| Not begun, or left unfinished | 20 | 29 | . | 9 | . | . | . | . | . | 8 | . | 10 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 5 | . | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| The following are from the seventh quarterly report:— | Date | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Star-court, common dust bin | F.N. | 5 | 8 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Ditto, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 | F.N. | 5 | 8 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 to 13, East-plaee, West-square | F.N. | 29 | 6 | 57 | Ditto, 1, 2, vory imperfectly done | ,, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, York-street | F.N. | 16 | 7 | 57 | Ditto, 8 | F.N. | 5 | 8 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| O.N. | 4 | 9 | 57 | O. N. | 20 | 9 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 to 14, York-street | F.N. | 16 |7 | 57 | Green-street. 25. Bone-boiler | O.N. | 14 | 8 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| O.N. | 4 | 9 | 57 | Summoned, failed from informality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 37, Bridge House-place | F.N. | 17 | 7 | 57 | Paul's-yard | F.N. | 3 | 9 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornbury-street, 31 houses | O.N. | 10 | 9 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 to 7, Hunter-place | F.N. | 28 | 9 | 57 | Some of these still stand over, and some have been connected with existing drains. Three are reported as done. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| O.N. | 27 | 10 | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summoned. | Wickham-place, 33, 34, 35, 36 | F.N. | 10 | 9 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13, Potier-street | F.N. | 28 |9 | 57 | Union-street, 52 | F.N. | 13 | 9 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Summoned. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The following are from the eighth quarterly report:— | Bean-street, 10 to 17 (again) | O.N. | 20 | 9 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ebden-court, 1 to 7 | O.N. | 2 | 12 | 57 | George-street stables | F.N. | 25 | 9 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Summoned. | Gibraltar-row, 11, 13 | F.N. | 25| 9| 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warwick-street, 43, 44, 45, | O.N. | 2 | 12 | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The following are cases taken in hand during the twelfth quarter:— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| summoned. | King s-Bench Walk | F.N. | 8 | 10 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 96, London-road | F.N. | 5 | 12 |57 | Bean-street, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, (again) | F.N. | 19 | 10 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| John-street, Gt. Suffolk-street, 3, 7,10 | F.N. | 10 | 12 | 57 | George-street, 6, 8 | F.N. | 20 | 10 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 70, Webber-row | F.N. | 12 | 12 | 57 | London-street, 9 | F.N. | 15 | 11 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| O.N. | 16 | 1 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The following are from the ninth quarterly report:— | O.N. | 24 | 12 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| „ ,, (second) | ,, | 29 | 1 | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5, 7, 8, 10, 12,13, 14, 15, 16, 17, Bean-street | F.N. | 23 | 1 | 58 | Wellington-street, 21 | F.N. | 25 | 11 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| O.N. | 5 | 2 | 58 | O.N. | 20 | 1 | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14, Little Surrey street | F.N. | 9 |2 | 58 | Francis-place, 7 | F.N. | 25 | 11 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17, 18, Belvidere-buildings | F.N. | 20 | 3 | 58 | O.N. | 20 | 1 | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| O.N. | 15 | 4 | 58 | May-pole, alley, 13 | F.N. | 2 | 12 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summoned. | O.N. | 24 | 12 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Andrew's Burial-ground | F.N. | 23 | 3| 58 | Franois-place, 34 | F.N. | 8 |12 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The following are from the tenth quarterly report:— | O.N. | 24 12 | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Great Suffolk-street, 6 | F.N. | 8 | 12 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May Pole-alley, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12, 13, 14 | F.N. | 27 | 3 | 58 | O.N. | 20 | 1| 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,23, 24 | Francis-place, 36, 40 | O.N. | 14 | 12| 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gilbert's place, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, | F N | 17 | 4 | 58 | Union-street, Borough-road, 4 | F.N. | 14 | 12| 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fox's-buildings, 1,2 | F.N. | 4 | 6 | 58 | First order for this case was issued March 1857. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| O.N. | 23 | 7 | 58 | Distillery, Blackfriars-road | O.N. | 14 | 12 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Repbidim-street, 22, 23, 24, 25,26, 27, 28 | F.N. | 24 | 6 | 58 | George-street, Union-street, 2, 3, 4 | F.N. | 22 | 12 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Potier-street, 9, 10, 11, 12 | F.N. | 24 | 6 | 58 | Skin-market, Suffolk-street | O.N. | 24 | 12 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hunter-place, 8,9 | F.N. | 24 | 6| 58 | Dover-place, West, 3, 4 | O.N. | 25 | 12 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The following are from the eleventh quarterly report: | (New proceedings, summoned, case dismissed by Magistrate.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dover-place West, 3, 4 | O.N. | 24 | 7 | 58 | Wallis-alley, 1 to 5 | F.N. | 29 | 12 1 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| O.N. | 4 | 1 | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||