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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
Westminster 1858
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]
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The following is a tabular statement of the Births and Deaths
in each Parish arranged as to Sex:—
REGISTERED BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
| ST. MARGARET. | ST. JOHN. | Total of Births in both Parishes. | Total of Deaths in both Parishes. | Deaths in 1857. | Deaths last Month. | Corrected Deaths, in 10 years average. | Deaths less than March 1857. | Deaths less than 10 years average. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | Births. | Deaths. | |||||||||||||||
| m | F. | Total. | M | F. | Total | M | F. | Total. | M | F. | I Total. | |||||||
| 42 | 52 | 94 | 46 | 43 | 89 | 54 | 52 | 106 | 40 | 34 | 83 | 200 | 172 | 145 | 156 | 166 | 27 | 6 |
The following Deaths occurred in the undermentioned places:—
| Workhouses. | Hospitals. | Prisons. | Barracks. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Westminster 10 | House of Correction 3 | St. George's 1 |
| Grenadier Gds. 4 |
In consequence of the prevalence of disease in the neighbourhood
of Belgravia, I have examined 67 houses in Milton
Terrace, St. James's Terrace, Admiral Terrace and Elizabeth
Place, Vanxhall Road, and found many of them with offensive
cesspools and defective drainage; the particulars of which will
be found in Inspector Wood's report. Notices have been issued
in all those instances where nuisances were required to be abated.
A complaint having been made by Messrs. Rigby, respecting
offensive smells in their offices, I have examined all the houses
in Holywell Street abutting on their premises, but without
detecting anything that required interference. I believe the
offense to arise from old drains running beneath the office floor,
which will be required to be removed, and the drains broken
up.
In addition to the above houses, 14 complaints have been
remedied by Inspector Wood, and 1.2 by Inspector Crow.