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Vestry Hall,
Upper Street,
July 1st, 1899,
To the Chairman and Members of the Vestry of
St. Mary, Islington.
Sir, Madam, and Gentlemen,
In compliance with the regulations of the Local Government
Board, I have pleasure in presenting my report on the health and
sanitary condition of your district during the year 1899, and more
especially, because I am able to point out that its death.rate is 1.4 per
1,000 below the mean rate of the preceding 13 years, and that its
general sanitary condition, whether as regards the houses, cowsheds,
dairies, workshops and factories, shows a distinct improvement.
I would call your particular attention to that part of my report
which relates to the housing of the people (pp. 10.17), as this is one of
the most difficult questions to be dealt with in Islington, as well as one
that daily becomes more acute.
I have also to express my personal obligation to the Chairman
and Members of the Public Health Committee for the kind manner
in which they have received my reports and my advice, and to the
Clerical and Sanitary Staff, with Mr. Leggatt, the Superintendent, for
the readiness with which they carried out my instructions, and the zeal
with which they have performed their several duties.
I am,
Your obedient Servant,
ALFRED E. HARRIS,
Medical Officer of Health.