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St George (Southwark) 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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10 Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark. Report of the Medical Officer of Health, for the Third Quarter, 1858. 11
TABLE 7.—
| Cases | Number of Houses or Places visited. | Number of Visits of Medical Officer and Inspector. | Premises unclean, or dilapidated within | Overcrowded | Unfit for habitation | Insufficient Ventilation | Water | Water receptacle, none, bad, or without cover | Drainage | Cesspool | Water Closet defective, or without Water | Yard badly paved | Cellar badly paved | Refuse accumulated in excess | Dustbin, none or imperfect | Nuisances from animals badly kept | Slaughter-houses Manufactories in unwholesome state, not including Slaughter houses visited for Licensing | Burial Vaults requiring improvement | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deficient | No supply | Without | Defective | Cleansed | Abolished | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 138 | 196 | About 588.—Tbe calculation is, that each place is visited on the aver- age three times | 70 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 19 | . | 104 | . | 119 | 78 | 43 | 107 | 6 | Not regularly recorded. Probably one in three of all cases visited. | 93 | 13 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Work completed | 60 | 60 | 17 | . | . | 1 | 5 | . | 17 | . | 31 | 4 . 6 | 18 | 24 | . | 22 | 6 | . | . | ||||||||||||
| Not begun, or left unfinished | 78 | 136 | 53 | 13 | 1 | . | 14 | . | 87 | . | 88 | 68 | 25 | 83 | 6 | 71 | 7 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| The following are from the seventh quarterly report:— | The following are from the ninth quarterly report | Date | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Date | The following are the principal cases which have been taken in hand during this (the eleventh) quarter:— | Gaywood-street 4 | F.N | 23 | 8 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 to 13, East-place, West-square | F.N. | 29 | 6 | 57 | 4, 5, 7, 8½, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, | F.N. | 23 | 1 | 58 | Date | Green-street, 7 | F.N | 24 | 8 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, York-street . | F.N. | 16 | 7 | 57 | 17, Bean-street | O.N. | 5 | 2 | 58 | Horse-slaughterer, 35, Green st. | F.N. | 9 | 8 | 58 | Joiner-street, 3 | F.N. | 24 | 8 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| F.N. | 9 | 2 | 58 | Southwark Bridge-road, 149 | o.N. | 9 | 7 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| O.N. | 4 | 9 | 57 | 14, Little Surrey-street | Cook's-buildings, yard | O.N. | 14 | 7 | 58 | Westcott street, 8 | F.N | 24 | 8 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 to 14, York-street | F.N. | 16 | 7 | 57 | 21, Little Surrey-street | F.N. | 20 | 3 | 58 | Mint-street, 13 | F.N. | 13 | 8 | 58 | Ditto 1 to 13 | F N. | 26 | 8 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| O.N. | 4 | 9 | 57 | 17,18, Belvidere-buildings | F.N. | 20 | 3 | 58 | O.N. | 23 | 8 | 58 | Southwark Bridge-road, 166 | F.N. | 28 | 8 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 37, Bridge House-place | F.N. | 17 | 7 | 57 | O.N. | 15 | 4 | 58 | Dover-place West, 3, 4 | O.N. | 24 | 7 | 58 | Fox's-court, 2, 3 | F.N | 31 | 8 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bone-boiler, 25, Green-street | F N. | 26 | 8 | 57 | 29, King-street | F.N. | 20 | 3 | 58 | Hedger's-court, Webber-row | F.N. | 24 | 8 | 58 | Castle-street, 49 | F.N | 31 | 8 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| O.N. | 9 | 11 | 57 | O.N. | 20 | 9 | 58 | O.N | 4 | 10 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 to 19, Potier street | F.N. | 28 | 9 | 57 | St. Andrew's Burial-ground | F.N. | 23 | 3 | 58 | Vine-yard, Harrow-street | F.N. | 5 | 8 | 58 | High-street, 298 | F.N. | 2 | 9 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| O.N. | 26 | 10 | 57 | Star-court, 4 | F.N. | 5 | 8 | 58 | Weliington-street, 43 | F.N. | 2 | 9 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 to 4 | Hunter-place | F.N. | 28 | 9 | 57 | Ditto, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.6, 7 | F.N. | 5 | 8 | 58 | Paul's-yard | F.N | 3 | 9 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 to 7 | O.N. | 27 | 10 | 57 | Ditto, 8 | F.N. | 5 | 8 | 58 | Young's-buildings, 7 | F.N | 7 | 9 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summoned. | The following are from the tenth quarterly report : | O.N. | 20 | 9 | 58 | O.N | 4 | 10 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| High-street, 181 | F.N. | 7 | 8 | 58 | Cornbury-street, 31 houses | O.N | 10 | 9 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13, Potier-street | F.N. | 28 | 9 | 57 | May pole-alley, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, | F.N. | 27 | 3 | 58 | Bone-boiler, 30, Green-street | O.N. | 14 | 8 | 58 | Wickham-place, 33, 34, 35, 36 | F.N | 10 | 9 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Summoned. | 10, 11,12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, | Cat-gut-manufacturer,'33, ditto | O.N. | 14 | 8 | 58 | Temple-street, 19 | F.N | 10 | 9 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,23, 24 | Ditto 34, ditto | O.N. | 14 | 8 | 58 | Union-street, 52 | F.N | 13 | 9 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The following are from the eighth quarterly report: — | Gilbert's-plaae, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 | F.N. | 17 | 4 | 58 | Bone-boiler 24, ditto | O.N. | 14 | 8 | 58 | Hi'l-street, 1 to 9 | F.N | 16 | 9 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25, King Street, Borough-road | F.N. | 29 | 4 | 58 | Ditto 25, ditto | O.N. | 14 | 8 | 58 | Bean-s'reet, 10 to 17 | O.N | 20 | 9 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ebden-court, 1 to 7 | O.N. | 2 | 12 | 57 | Cook's-buildings, yard | O.N | 18 | 5 | 58 | Friars-place, 3, 5, 6, 7 | F.N | 12 | 8 | 58 | Little Surrey-street, 14, 21, 21 | O.N | 20 | 9 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles-street, 22 | F.N. | 12 | 8 | 58 | Ditto 47, 55 | F.N | 23 | 9 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | O.N. | 14 | 7 | 58 | Henry-street, 29 | F.N. | 21 | 8 | 58 | May Pole-alley, 1, 2 | F.N | 23 | 9 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| O.N. | 4 | 10 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summoned. | Fox's-buildings, 1, 2 | F.N. | 4 | 6 | 58 | Martin-street, 16 | F.N. | 23 | 8 | 58 | A repeated notice, the first remains unattented to. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warwick-Street, 43, 44, 45 | O.N. | 2 | 12 | 7 | O.N. | 23 |7| 58 | Ditto 15,21 | F N | 24 | 8 | 58 | Southwark Bridge-road | F.N | 25 | 9 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Summoned. | 2, St. George's-circus | F.N. | 12 | 6 | 58 | St. Stephen's-place, 9 | F.N. | 23 | 8 | 58 | George-street stables | F.N | 25 | 9 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 96, London road | F.N. | 5 | 12 | 57 | O.N. | 23 | 7 | 58 | Ditto 11,12,13,14 | F.N. | 26 | 8 | 58 | Gibraltar-row, 11, 13 | F.N | 25 | 9 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| John-street, Gt. Suftolk-street | f.n. | 10 | 12 | 57 | Rephidim-street, 22, 23, 24, 25," 26, 27, 28 | F.N. | 24 | 6 | 58 | Kent-street, 117 | F.N. | 23 | 8 | 58 | St. George's-road, 26 | F.N | 25 | 9 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3,7,10 | Ditto, occupier | O.N. | 4 | 10 | 58 | The "Prince of Wales," | f.n | 25 | 9 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Potier-street, 9, 10, 11, 12 | F.N. | 24 | 6 | 58 | St. George's-road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 70, Webber-row | F.N. | 12 |12 | 57 | Belvidere-place, 20 | F.N. | 23 | 8 | 58 | James's terrace, 5 | 25 | 9 |58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| o.n. | 16 | 1 | 58 | Hunter-place, 8, 9 | F.N. | 24 | 6 | 58 | Joiner-street, 4 | F.N. | 23 | 8 | 58 | London-road, 84 | F.N | 30 | 9 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||