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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
THE HEALTH STATISTICS OF THE PARISH OF ST. MARY,
NEWINGTON, FOR THE YEAR 1900.
I have to report that the progress in all sanitary work, especially that
of a structural kind, has been very satisfactory during the year under
consideration. Such steady progress has been made during the last six
years in the reconstruction of house drainage that one half of the total
number of houses in the parish have been provided with new drains.
This is in addition to many thousands of houses in which the drainage
has simply been repaired. The paving of streets and footways, together
with the paving of forecourts and backyards, has been carried out with a
good deal of energy. No extensive building operations have been undertaken
in the year, as most of the sites suitable for model and other large
dwellings have been utilised.
The serious overcrowding of the district is a grave danger and
neutralises our best efforts in health work. The indisposition that has
hitherto been shown on the part of the Vestry to put into force the by-laws