View report page

The brickwork is old and in many places perished, especially at the backs of the houses.
The whole of the woodwork without exception is old, dirty and dilapidated, and in many places
very defective. The walk and ceilings of the rooms, passages and staircases are with one or two
exceptions very dirty and out of repair, and the bedrooms of all the houses and the living rooms
of many of them are in a very verminous condition. The staircases in most cases are dark,
steep, winding and dangerous, and the treads are worn. The ground floors are more or less
under the street level, and some rooms or portions of each house show very defective light and
ventilation.
The following defects will be found in subsidiary groups : —
Walkers Place, Nos. 1, 2 and 3. —These have no back yards but the fronts abut on a small,
much closed-in court. There are three w.c.s situated in a very narrow passage off this court.
They all ventilate into one another and are all in a dirty and dilapidated condition, and two of
them are so small that I am sure it is impossible to use them with the door closed.
Upper Russell Street, Nos. 10 and 12.—Have no back yards but the back door of the scullery
opens out into the court of Walkers Place. There is one w.c. situated in this court for these two
houses, and it is small, badly lit and ventilated, dilapidated and in a somewhat exposed position.
Nos. 14 and 16 have small back yards with one w.c. each. They are much closed in by
high buildings.
No. 18 has no back yard, but situated at the back of the ground floor rooms is a room
now used as a scullery which seems as if it had been a yard at one time. There is a w.c. situated
in it which ventilates into the ground floor room through this scullery.
Lamb Alley, Nos. 4 and 5, are in an advanced stage of dilapidation. The house next
to No. 4 has been pulled down and has left the flank walls exposed and dangerous.
There are many other defects besides those mentioned, the details of which are in my
possession."
Health Visitors.
The following table shows the work done by the Health Visitors during the year under report:—
Rotherhithe
Wards.
St. Olave
Wards.
Bermondsey Wards.
Whole
Borough.
St. Thomas.
St. John.
St. Olave.
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
3
Births Notified —
112
2
240
-
405
279
1
-
By Guy's Hospital
1,544
434
9
42
20
132
206
142
42
7
807
9
80
137
31
6
2
By Midwives
13
22
194
127
36
172
78
47
By Doctors
913
11
77
144
3
2
65
By Parents
18
33
47
20
79
118
72
7
3
1
473
10
387
3,737
468
454
469
325
327
429
432
173
194
54
25
Total
Visits—Miss Nuttall:—
! I
I
rr
9
375
363
366
35
5
262
121
Births (first)
1,611
11
-
47
17
65
64
72
301
60
5
-
-
-
31
2
2
„ (subsequent)
-
9
-
13
7
-
-
-
2
-
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
33
2
-
-
460
104
129
90
9
68
-
-
48
6
-
-
6
Phthisis (first)
-
_
1
26
8
7
3
-
„ (subsequent)
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
3
3
-
1
-
13
-
2
1
Puerperal Fever
-
7
-
1
1
-
2
-
-
_
Diarrhœa
10
-
-
4
-
220
53
45
58
-
4
-
22
5
24
1
4
Various
Total
592
11
227
31
614
53
2,674
628
10
439
10
-
59
Visits —Mrs. Croke : —
I
303
223
176
-
392
155
-
Births (first)
1,249
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
41
-
-
284
63
73
50
57
-
„ (subsequent)
-
-
9
—
-
-
5
3
-
1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
-
-
-
-
162
-
-
624
78
206
115
63
-
-
Phthisis (first)
-
-
-
-
48
5
13
12
-
-
-
-
-
14
1
„ (subsequent)
-
4
-
-
3
—
-
Puerperal Fever
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
4
10
1
4
2
-
-
Diarrhœa
-
-
-
-
-
-
40
33
25
57
38
-
Various
193
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
356
1
-
Total
544
-
440
330
2,420
-
-
-
748
Number of babies breast fed 2,784
„ bottle fed 69* (7 part breast and bottle)
„ fed otherwise (e.g., spoon) 7
2,860
* Type of feeding bottle used: —Boat shape, 56; long tube, 13.
Children put out to nurse —nil.