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Deaths of children under one year included 178 from Diarrhoea and
enteritis, 32 from Measles and 51 from Whooping Cough. There were 175
inquests on children under five years of age, 40 deaths being attributed
to convulsions, 4-0 to overlying in bed by parents and 12 to burns and
scalds.
Notifications of infectious diseases included 340 Diphtheria
893 Scarlet Fever; 51 Enteric Fever,and 2,678 Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Of the 1,249 samples of food analysed, 162 (13%) were found to be
adulterated, as a result of which 79 prosecutions were taken. 130
samples of milk and 18 samples of butter were found to be adulterated.
Of 118 samples of milk taken on Sundays, 15.2% were adulterated.
Legal proceedings were taken in 175 instances under the Public
Health Act, Food and Drugs Acts and other Acts and Byelaws. The
occupiers of 23 food premises were summoned for not keeping their
premises in a clean condition. A wholesaler was sent to prison for
four months with hard labour for selling for human consumption corned
beef which was unsound.
Twenty-four pages were devoted to a report by the Medical Officer
of Health on proposals suggested for a scheme for the prevention of
tuberculosis.
Mothers-to-be employed in their own homes frequently worked to
within a few hours of confinement and resumed work fourteen days later.
A man was kept in custody for eight days after being arrested for
failing to appear to answer a summons regarding overcrowding. 17,135
inspections were specially made during the year for the purpose of
detecting overcrowding.
The Reverend E. Carter, M.A., Vicar of St.Jude's Church, Whitechapel,
and his wife, lost their lives when the s.s."Titanic" foundered.
There were 32 cowsheds in the Borough licensed for the keeping of
917 cows.
The Report of the Borough Engineer and Surveyor stated that the
earliest recorded street numbers in London were in Great Prescot Street,
Steoney: this was mentioned by Hatton in 1708, and as the street was
inhabited by rich foreign merchants it is probable that the system of
numbering was introduced from abroad.
14,895 loads of hay and straw were brought into the Whitechapel Hay
and Straw Market.
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