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gated Row; these require a prompt remedy, as the inhabitants of
the houses complain bitterly of annoyance and injury to their
health, from effluvia proceeding from these places.
The time is now arrived when the Urinals throughout the Parish
should be lime-washed, cleansed and deodorized.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient faithful Servant,
JOHN CHALLICE, M.D.,
Officer of Health.
TO THE VESTRY OF BERMONDSEY.
June 10th, 1860.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, —In the last fortnight our Parish,
in common with many of the surrounding districts, suffered
very considerably from a severe accession of Measles, which has
materially increased the mortality. For the week ending May
19th, the deaths were 25, the corrected average being 20; there
were 4 deaths from Measles in St. Mary Magdalen district, and 1
in St. James'.
The mortality for the week ending May 26th, rose to 31, the
corrected average being a fraction only beyond 20. This week the
deaths from Measles increased to 6, four being in St. James' and
2 in the Leather Market districts. We had 2 deaths from Whooping
Cough, and 1 fatal case of Small Pox. We are free from other
Zymotic diseases.
There is improvement in the premises used for a Manure factory,
in the rear of Jamaica row; I have visited them on several occasions,
and shall continue to exercise thereon a strict supervision.
My attention has been drawn, by your Inspector of Nuisances, to
a lamentable instance of human wretchedness and absence of all
propriety, at Cherry-garden stairs. In a shed or boat-house, there
are residing a man with his two daughters—the eldest apparently
about eighteen years of age, the youngest about twelve, and a boy
about nine years of age. There is not a remnant of furniture—