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Bethnal Green 1873

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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COW AND SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
These have been frequently inspected during the year, and kept in
good order.
An application for a license was made by Mr. Farrow, 479, Bethnal
Green Road, who had previously kept a cow for private use, but now
wished to sell the milk. The Sanitary Committee having viewed the
premises, and found them suitable, the license was unopposed, and
consequently granted.
Two new applications were made for slaughter-house licences, one by
Mr. Frisby, 144, Barnet Grove, and one by Mr. John Long, 4, Essex
Street, Cambridge Road. The Committee having viewed the premises,
deemed them unsuitable in both cases, and the licenses were opposed
and refused.
The application of Mr. Mansfield, 7½, Digby Street, for renewal of a
slaughter house license was opposed, and refused on the ground that it was
not judicious to have a cow and slaughter house on the same premises.
Mr. Day, 21, West Street, likewise applied for a renewal of a slaughter
house license, but was opposed, and consequently refused (see page 19).

There was an increase in the number of deaths from Zymotic disease, which were registered as follows:—

1873.1874.
Small Pox417
Measles43192
Scarlatine17103
Diptheria65
Whooping Cough147101
Fever4458
Diarrhœa143159
Cholera1212
443637
Increase194