Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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Green, Joseph Abbott 266, Hackney Road.
Gregory, John 7, Cambridge Road.
Groves, Joseph 140, Brick Lane.
Harman, Charles 397, Hackney Road.
Harris, John William 3, Heath Place, Cambridge Heath.
James, Richard William 334, Hackney Road.
Keith, William 9, North Side.
Kingston, Daniel 360, Bethnal Green Road.
Lisenden, John 1, Essex Street.
Long, Isaac 2, Essex Street.
Mason, George 416, Bethnal Green Road.
Mead, Henry 4, Patriot Row.
Meadway, Elias 18, Winchester Street.
Meadway, George 354, Bethnal Green Road.
Morley, Edward 76, Hare Street.
Murton, Charles 1, Approach Road.
Payne, John 124, Brick Lane.
Penny, Henry 5, Hinton Street.
Pollard, James 224, Bethnal Green Road.
Proye, Josh 156, Hackney Road.
Richard, Daniel 144, Brick Lane.
Robinson, Frederick 9, Cambridge Road.
Rolfe, Robert 3, Cambridge Road.
Spencer and Knight 145, Brick Lane.
Stevenson, Charles 14, Patriot Row.
Stiff, Edwin Matthew 36, Green Street.
Turner, Robert 326, Hackney Road.
Turpin, Esther 2, Bates Place, Old Ford Road.
Wagstaff, Henry 29, Green Street.
Watson, William 470, Bethnal Green Road.
Wilson, Elizabeth 515, Hackney Road.
Wilkinson, George 2, Green Street.
Wood, Henry 496, Hackney Road.
Wooster, Henry 131, Brick Lane.
Wright, William 31, Lisbon Street.
Youldon, George 1, Middle Row, Green Street.
During the past year, large quantities of diseased and putrid meat have
been seized in a condition unfit for human food; in all cases prosecutions
have been instituted, convictions obtained, and penalties enforced,
and in one instance accompanied by imprisonment.
FISH.
It having been ascertained that large quantities of fish, in a putrid
state and otherwise unfit for human food, were brought into the parish
by the small fishmongers and costermongers, purchased at Billingsgate,
and sold there to these vendors, an investigation was made into the subject,
when it was found that great facility was offered to this traffic by
the peculiar mode adopted at Billingsgate for transacting their sales.
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS FOR 1868.
| Male. | Female. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Workhouse | 149 | 141 | 290 |
| City of London Hospital | 34 | 19 | 53 |
| Bethnal Green Lunatic Asylum | 18 | 18 | 36 |
QUEEN ADELAIDE'S DISPENSARY.
The following is the Medical Report of the Charity for the year ending December 31st, 1868:—
| New Patients have been admitted, who have had Advice and Medicine, Gratis, at the Dispensary or at their own homes | 4647 |
| Have been visited at their own homes | 913 |
| Were so visited during the last week of the year 1868 | 63 |
| Have been discharged Cured, or not returned their letters | 2677 |
| Ditto, Relieved | 801 |
| Have died | 73 |
| "Were still under Medical treatment in the last week of December, 1868,. | 809 |
| The total number of Patients' attendances during 1868 having been | 31,537 |
CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST. The following is the Medical Report for the year 1868:—
IN-PATIENTS.
| Patients under treatment on the 1st January, 1868 | 81 | ||
| Admitted since | 664 | 745 | |
| Remaining under treatment 31st December,1868 | 106 | ||
| Total under treatment during the year | 639 | ||
| Of these there have been— | |||
| More or less relieved | 582 | ||
| Died | 57 | ||
| Patients admitted from the opening of the "Wards in 1855, to Dec. 31,1868 | 5792 | ||
| Average number resident throughout the year | 90 | ||
| OUT-PATIENTS. | |||
| Under treatment on the 1st January, 1868 | 1081 | ||
| Admitted since | 4,996 | 16,077 | |
| Remaining under treatment on 31st December,1868 | 1149 | ||
| Total treated during the year | 14,928 | ||
| Patients admitted from the opening of the Institution in 1848, to the 31st December, 1868 | 156,787 | ||
| Average attendance of out-Patients each week | 1268 | ||