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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
London County Council 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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The following table shows the estimate of population on the 6th April, 1898, and the amount of excess of contribution over grant or of grant over contribution in respect of each district for the year ended 31st March, 1899—
| Sanitary District. | Estimated population, 6th April, | Equalisation charge, being excess of contribution over grant. | Net grant, being excess of giant over contribution. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| Paddington | 123,974 | 8,009 | 8 | — | — | — | |
| Kensington | 170,254 | 17,957 | 5 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Hammersmith | 105,783 | — | 6,602 | 10 | 7 | ||
| Fulham | 120,335 | — | — | 9,196 | 8 | — | |
| Chelsea | 97,669 | 80 | 8 | 7 | — | — | — |
| St. George, Hanover-square | 79,479 | 33,492 | 12 | — | — | ||
| Westminster | 51,884 | 11,490 | 12 | 1 | — | — | — |
| St. James | 22,865 | 15,653 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Marylcbone | 138,837 | 11,855 | 2 | — | — | ||
| Hampstead | 79,706 | 4,373 | 8 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Pancras | 240,737 | — | — | — | 7,429 | 3 | 10 |
| Islington | 339,423 | — | — | — | 24,179 | 8 | 9 |
| Stoke Newington | 34,899 | — | — | 1,594 | 11 | 8 | |
| Hackney | 216,368 | — | — | — | 14,840 | 7 | 9 |
| St. Giles | 38,049 | 3,239 | 18 | 4 | — | — | — |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 12,523 | 12,181 | 15 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Strand | 24,022 | 11,778 | 9 | 9 | — | — | — |
| Holborn | 31,249 | 4,152 | — | — | — | — | |
| Clerkenwell | 66,810 | — | — | — | 3,349 | 17 | 1 |
| St. Luke | 41,310 | 643 | 14 | — | — | — | |
| London, City of | 30,557 | 106,789 | 15 | 10 | — | — | — |
| Shoreditch | 121,794 | — | — | — | 7,466 | 12 | 1 |
| Bethnal-green | 126,698 | — | — | — | 14,500 | 17 | 1 |
| Whitechapel | 77,467 | — | — | — | 4,768 | 9 | 3 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 46,421 | — | — | — | 4,483 | 4 | 3 |
| Limehouse | 57,669 | — | — | — | 4,099 | 6 | 10 |
| Mile—end Old-town | 110,388 | — | — | — | 12,575 | 6 | 10 |
| Poplar | 169,216 | — | — | — | 15,842 | 9 | 2 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 23,566 | 3,844 | 17 | 5 | — | — | — |
| St. George, Southwark | 64,168 | — | — | — | 5,753 | 9 | 7 |
| Newington | 120,922 | — | — | — | 12,142 | 3 | 4 |
| St. Olave | 11,995 | 2,870 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — |
| Bermondsey | 84,632 | — | — | — | 6,552 | 1 | 10 |
| Rotherhithe | 40,537 | — | — | — | 2,823 | 16 | 7 |
| Lambeth | 298,106 | — | — | — | 18,180 | 11 | 3 |
| Battersea | 169,406 | — | — | — | 12,609 | 9 | 1 |
| Wandsworth | 203,846 | — | — | — | 8,900 | — | 6 |
| Camberwell | 256,289 | — | — | — | 22,807 | 6 | 2 |
| Greenwich | 183,576 | — | — | — | 14,255 | 9 | 5 |
| Lewislham | 113,221 | — | — | — | 5,301 | 4 | 2 |
| Woolwich | 41,426 | — | — | — | 2,202 | 7 | 7 |
| Lee | 41,837 | — | — | — | 1,068 | 16 | — |
| Plumstead | 61,832 | — | — | 7,080 | 15 | 8 | |
| The Charterhouse | 139 | 287 | 9 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Gray's-inn | 243 | 356 | 18 | 7 | — | — | — |
| The Close of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter | 368 | 24 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Inner Temple | 148 | 556 | 18 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Middle Temple | 105 | 341 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Lincoln's-inn | 17 | 468 | 3 | — | — | — | |
| Staple-inn | 9 | 60 | 10 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Furnival-inn | 24 | 98 | 6 | 3 | — | — | — |
Sanitary Administration of Districts.
During the year the sanitary condition of an area in Plumstead known as the Reidhaven—road
district was under the consideration of the Council's Public Health Committee. This district was the
subject of enquiry and report by Dr. Hamer (see Appendix VI.). Dr. Hamer's report was considered
by the Public Health Committee of the Vestry, who reported to the Vestry that they proposed
to take the following steps—(1) To make another house—to—house inspection; (2) To require all
defective drains to be re—laid ; (3) to apply the water test to all new drains ; (4) To register houses
occupied by more than one family where conditions of overcrowding or dirt and dilapidation exist;
(5) To require all defective sites to be concreted and damp—courses laid where necessary; (6) To
require the removal of all defective closet-pans, and closet-pans to be fixed in accordance with the
by-laws; (7) Having regard to the rapid increase of the parish, which now contains over 10,000
houses, and to the proposed resignation of the food and drugs inspector, to appoint an additional
sanitary inspector and to carry out the Food and Drugs Act by one of the sanitary staff; (8) Refer to
the surveyor to report upon the size and capacity of the connecting sewer at Griffin Manorway.