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The general state of the public health is satisfactory.
No further complaints have been received respecting the
Vestry Wharf. There is no undue accumulation, excepting
of hard core, which I believe is removed by the officers of the
Vestry. This mixture of broken crockery, glass and tin ware,
is not free from organic matter of an offensive kind adhering
to it. It presents a very large surface exposed to the air, and
from the porous nature of the mass, the actual surface greatly
exceeds the apparent surface. I think it should be removed.
I have considered the communication from the Vestry of
St. Pancras on the Regulation of Bakehouses, which was
referred to me at the last meeting. I believe no advantage
whatever has resulted from taking away the duty of enforcing
certain special requirements of bakehouses from the Vestry's
officers, and placing that duty upon the Inspectors of Factories
and Workshops. I am also of opinion that bakehouses, as
well as slaughterhouses and dairies, should be registered and
regulated by special bye-laws.
October 16 th, 1882.
During the fortnight that ended on the 7th day of October,
105 births and 33 deaths were registered in the parish. These
numbers correspond to an annual birth rate of 31.3, and an
annual rate of mortality of 9.8 per 1000 of the estimated
population. The death rate in London was 19.2, and the
mean rate of 28 large English towns 20.2; the several rates
ranging from 12.6 to 32.6.
In the first week of the above period there were 21 deaths,
and the death rate was 12.5, In the second week there were
12 deaths, showing a death rate of 7.1 per 1000 during the
year, or less than one death in every 7000 of the population
during the week. I have never been in the habit of attaching
any undue importance to the death rate being exceptionally
high or low for short periods, but I think the fact of the
occurrence of such a low rate of mortality, even for one week,
in a population of 87,000 persons, is evidence of the absence
of any permanent local influences of an insanitary character.
The registered causes of death included 3 from zymotic
diseases, viz.: 2 from diphtheria and 1 from enteric fever.