London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1898
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1898
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adoption of my invention, viz., £981 in 1891,
£1,231 in 1892, and £1,800 in 1893, and
£733 in the first six months of 1894 against
£85 in the last six months of the same year
under the present system.
These figures speak for themselves.
CORONER'S COURT.
59 Inquests were held on bodies, against 59,
61, and 68 in the years 1895-6-7. Three Fire
Inquests were held, compared with 3, 2, and 3 in
the three preceding years respectively.
SANITARY INSPECTIONS.
The Returns refer to 7,444 Inspections,
including the original defects discovered by the
Inspectors, as well as the re-inspection of the
same property during the execution of the works
required to remedy the same.
Improvements were effected at 1,141 places,
in many of which new schemes of internal
drainage and rearrangement of sanitary conveniences
were carried out from plans prepared
by my Inspectors and approved by me.