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down tie pig-sty and a shed in which ducks were kept, and intimated to the
occupier that unless his orders were obeyed he should serve him with a notice
to quit the premises. The nuisance was immediately removed.
Fever Cases in the District during 1874.
A Letter was forwarded to me by Mr. Vallance, upon the subject of
the prevalence of fever in this District, of which the following is a copy:—
WHITECHAPEL UNION.
Clerk's Office, Workhouse, E.,
23rd April, 1875.
My dear Sir,
The attention of the Guardians has been drawn by the Managers
of the Metropolitan Asylum District to the fact, that of 199 cases of Typhus Fever
admitted into the Homerton Fever Hospital during the year 1874, 35 were sent from
this Union, and furnishing particulars of such cases for the consideration of the
Guardians.
By direction of the Guardians, I have replied to the letter of the Managers,
to the effect that in this Union there already exists concerted action by the Poor Law
and Sanitary authorities—that the Medical Officer of Health attends at the Board
Room weekly, for the purpose of inspecting the District Medical Relief Books—and
all cases of Fever or other epidemical disease are extracted for the purpose of
securing a prompt visitation of infected localities by the Sanitary Inspectors.
At the same time, the Guardians think it desirable that the List which has
been supplied by the Managers should be forwarded to you. I therefore venture to
enclose it herewith.
Yours faithfully,
John Liddle, Esq., W. VALLANCE, Clerk
8, Campbell Terrace, Bow Road, E.
In the list which accompanied Mr. Vallance's letter, 35 cases are
recorded, with the residences of the patients. The whole of them, with one
exception, viz., 39, Glass House Street, are included in the following return
which has been prepared from the weekly records of the Medical Officers of
the Union; and every room in which a case of fever or scarlet-fever occurred
was disinfected without loss of time by the Inspectors.
The following are the localities in Inspector Battrak's District in which
cases of fever and scarlet-fever occurred, and which were attended by the
Medical Officers of the Union during the year 1874.
FEVER CASES.
May No. 35, Wagener's buildings 1
„ 115, Back Church lane 1
„ 4, Maypole court 1
„ 5, Ditto 1
„ 113, Royal Mint street 2
„ 8, Everard's place 1
„ 2, Sun court 1
„ 9, Rose court, Aldgate 1
„ 2, Crawford's court 1
June Farthing alley 5
„ 3, Russell court 1
July „ 3, Glasshouse buildings 1
„ 3, Garden court 2
„ 19, Queen street 2
„ 6, Glasshouse buildings 1
„ 6, Crawford's court 1
„ 33, Little Alie street 1
„ 38, Haydon street 2
Aug. No. 3, Cooper's court 1
„ 24, Raven row 1
„ 14, Peter's court 3
„ 2, Crown ct.,Blue Anchor yd. 2
„ 18, Cartwright street 1
„ 141, Royal Mint street 1
„ 12, Butler's buildings 1
„ 3, Slater's court 3
„ 17, Darby street 1
„ 33, Crown court, Aldgate 1
Sept. „ 6, Compasses court 1
„ 25, Goodman's yard 1
„ 43, Glasshouse street 1
„ 1, Enock's court 1
„ 11, Butler's buildings 1
,, 34, Charlotte street 1
„ 5, Cotton street 1
„ 4, Charles court 1