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REPOR T.
To the Board of Works for Hackney District:
Gentlemen,
Although the mortality from Cholera has been larger
in London than in the corresponding quarter of any year since 1854,
yet not one fatal case has happened in this District. Some alarm was
manifested in certain Districts of the Metropolis,—especially in the
eastern, by the outbreak; but, judging from the ordinary manner in which
Cholera manifests itself previously to its occurrence as an epidemic, I do
not think any great anxiety need be felt regarding it during 1858, although
it is not improbable that it may set in, preparatory to an outbreak
in 1859.
The mortality from Typhus and Bilious Fevers has been slightly in
excess during this quarter, as compared with the last; 21 deaths having
been registered against 19. This increase is very small, and as the chief
mortality occurred in October, we may hope that the disease will not
assume an epidemic form, unless very high temperatures should again
prevail.
In consequence of this disease and Scarlet Fever having prevailed in
numerous localities, I have inspected a very large number of streets and
houses. Those in which the chief sanitary improvements have been
made are:—Gloster Place, and George Terrace, Brook Street; Orchard
Street; Baines' Buildings; Castle Street; Henry Street; Cock and
Castle Lane; Robinson's Row; James' Place; Goring Street; Greenwood
Row; Matthias' Place; Abbot Street; Urban Place; Albert
Street; Duncan Street; Hindle Street; and High Hill Ferry. The
total number of houses inspected by me, which required repairs, or improved
drainage, were 231 : the majority being in a very bad state.
To carry out these and the other improvements noticed in the Inspector
of Nuisances Reports, it has been necessary to require 22 owners of property
to attend before the Board, to shew cause why they should not be
proceeded against, for neglecting to perform the necessary works. Twenty
of these obeyed the order of the Board without any further steps being
taken ; but, in two, it was necessary to summons them to Worship Street.
In relation to the Police Courts, I have to notice the alteration which
have been made in an Asphalte Manufactory, in consequence of the legal