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The water supplied by the Southwark Company during the
month of January, was of inferior quality.
The Vestries of the parishes of St. Pancras, Islington,
Clerkenwell, Kensington, and the Lewisham Board of Works,
have passed resolutions expressive of their opinion, " That
the power formerly vested in the Vestries and District Boards,
under the "Bakehouses Regulation Act," 1863, should be
restored to those bodies; and further, that the Vestries and
District Boards should be empowered to make bye-laws for
the regulation of all bakehouses within their respective
Districts." Copies of these resolutions have been forwarded
to the Secretary of State, the Metropolitan Board of Works,
and the several Vestries and District Boards in the Metropolis.
In this parish, the Sanitary Inspector has continued to
inspect bakehouses under the provisions of the "Nuisances
Removal, and Sanitary Acts," notwithstanding the repeal by
the "Factory and Workshops Act, 1878," of the "Bakehouses
Regulation Act, 1863."
In my opinion, the present state of the Law is unsatisfactory.
I think full powers of inspection and supervision
should be restored to the Local Sanitary Authorities. I consider
it desirable that all bakehouses in the Metropolis, should
be regulated by an uniform set of bye-laws, framed by the
Metropolitan Board, and that they should be licensed or
registered the same as cowsheds or dairies.
March 5th, 1883.
During the fortnight that ended on the 24th day of February,
133 births and 72 deaths were registered in the parish.
These numbers are equivalent to an annual birth rate of 30.3,
and an annual rate of mortality of 20.2 per 1000 of the estimated
population. The corresponding death rate in London
was 20.3.
Only 4 deaths were referred to diseases of the zymotic class,
measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, and diarrhœa, each
being the cause of 1 death.
The deaths from diseases of the respiratory system, numbered
23, viz.: —bronchitis, 17, pneumonia 4, croup 2.