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REPORT
RELATING TO THE
VITAL STATISTICS AND SANITARY CONDITION
OF THE HOLBORN DISTRICT, LONDON.
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1896.
TO THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE HOLBORN
DISTRICT.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Report for the year ending
December 31st, 1896.
The year has been a memorable one, and the Report will show that
a very large amount of work has been carried out for the improvement
of the Sanitary condition of the District by the Health Department.
The necessity for the appointment of a Special Meat Inspector, so
that there could be more constant and efficient inspection of the Meat
Market, has been fully demonstrated. An enormous amount of diseased
and unsound meat has been seized, especially during the first quarter
of the year. Much time was involved in the careful examination of
this, having it taken before a Magistrate for condemnation, and other
attendances at Courts in connection with legal proceedings for the
prosecutions of the offenders.
A very large amount of inspection of houses, bakehouses, workshops,
&c., including much house-to-house inspection of streets, courts and
areas, has taken place during the year; and very much Sanitary work
has been done for remedying the insanitary conditions and nuisances
that were found to exist, or concerning which complaints had been