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Whitechapel 1877
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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I visited the day rooms and dormitories and I found them well adapted for the
purposes for which they are used. Everything in and about the rooms wero very
clean. The rooms are well ventilated. There is a large play-ground, asphalted, in
which there is a swing and other appliances for exercise.
The institution is supported to a considerable extent by voluntary contributions,
by a grant from Government, and by the School Board for London.
The rooms in which small-pox existed have been disinfected by sulphurous
acid gas; and I am able to say that no new case has occurred in this Establishment
since the 17th inst.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
JOHN LLDDLE.
15, Great Alie Street.
Dated 23ril July, 1877.
Return of fever cases received into the Infirmary of the Workhouse for the
three months ending Saturday, 30th June, 1877.
TABLE showing the Localities from which the Patients were received into the Infirmary of the Workhouse, and other particulars relating to them.
| Class and description of Fever. | Previous Residence. | Date of admission into Infirmary. | Date of admission into Fever Hospital. | Length of time in the Infirmary before appearance of Fever. | Whether or not Patients had Fever on admission. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enteric | 4, Little Paternoster Row, Brusbfield Street | May 22 | May 23 | 1 day | No |
| Enteric | 6, Charlotte Place, W.C.. | Jun.18 | Jun.19 | 1 day | Slightly |
The following is a copy of a communication signed by 34 inhabitants of
the Spitalfields sub-District, which was sent to me, directing my attention to
certain unhealthy courts and streets therein :—
Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings' Act, 1875.
Spitalfields,
March 5th, 1877.
To JOHN LIDDLE, Esq., Medical Officer of Health of the District
of Whitechapel in the County of Middlesex.
We the undersigned ratepayers of the District of Whitechapel, within the
jurisdiction of the Local Board to which you are appointed Medical Officer of
Health, do hereby make complaint to you of the unhealthy condition of the areas
hereinafter mentioned, arising from the closeness, narrowness, and bad arrangement
of the streets and courts, and the defective Btate of the dwellings in respect
of light, air and ventilation; and request that you will inspect the same under the
provisions of tho Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings' Improvement Act, 1S75:—