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Bethnal Green 1875

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

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Work executed in compliance with Notices served
Houses and premises cleansed and purified 1,090
Cases in which defective drainage has been remedied 906
Closets cleansed and purified 1,072
Urinals cleansed and flushed 96
Closet accommodation provided 6
Removals of accumulations of dust, manure, and other offensive
matter 7,363
Animals removed in consequence of being a nuisance, or kept in
a condition injurious to public health 55
Fever cases attended to 93
I have much pleasure in reporting most favourably upon the manner
in which the inspectors perform their duties, which are of a sufficiently
disagreeable and multifarious nature. Every help and assistance
in their power has been freely given me, for which I take this opportunity
of thanking them.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest.—The
following is the Medical Report for the year 1875 :—
in-patients.
Patients under treatment on the 1st January, 1875 99
Admitted since 708— 807
Remaining under treatment on the 31st December, 1875 107
Total under treatment during the year 700
Of these there have been—More or less relieved 644
Died 56
Patients admitted from the opening of the "Wards, in 1855, to the 31st
December 1875 10,981
Average number resident throughout the year 76
out-patients.
Under treatment on the 1st January, 1875 1,156
Admitted since 14,169
15.325
Remaining under treatment on the 31st December, 1875 1,094
14,331
Patients admitted from the opening of the Institution, in 1848,'to the
31st December, 1875 252,207
Average attendance of Out-Patients each week 1,210.

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Moss, John3, Essex street5Defectivefairly goodfairly goodDung pit dadry constructed.
Bunn, John35, Lisbon street11Fairly goodGoodDefectiveUnderground tank used for storing water; very bad arrangement.
Bogos, George15, Norfolk street6Fairly goodFairly goodFairly goodWater supply from cistern over W.C., waste pipe of which communicates with same.
Rees, WilliamSummerfield street2DefectiveBadBad
Chamberlain, William81, Brady street2Fairly goodFairly goodBad
Holloway, William25, Arundel streetNoneDefectiveFairly goodDefectiveDung pit of bad construction. Cows lookparticularly well cared for.
Seaward, John2, Ann's place2Fairly goodI airly goodDefective
Meredith, Evan32, Edward street18GoodGoodGood
Hill, William46, Edward street12DefectiveGoodDefectiveWater supply from well in yard.
Jones, Evan100, Sclater street9GoodBadGood
Petit, William9, Club row3GoodGoodGood
Petit, William24, Bacon street12DefectiveFairly goodGood
Hodges, William M34B, Green street, and Digby street80UnevenGoodGoodDung pit of bad construction.
Mansfield, William7½, Digby street16DefectiveBadBadYard used as a dust shoot for Mile End Parish.
Griffiths, Humphrey6, Warley street14GoodGoodGood
Jones, EdwardHamilton road11Fairly goodGoodGood
Elliott, JohnRoman road21GoodGoodGood
Wright, ThomasBridge Wharf, Old Ford road6Fairly goodGoodGood
Champness Brothers5, Russia lane9BadGoodGoodVery short of room : shed too small for number of cows kept.
Mott, EphraimRussia laneNot usedBadImperfectBadWhole place in a very dilapidated condition.
Day, Thomas Hanchard21, West street39GoodBadGoodCow shed too low: loft overhead should be abolished.
Skinner, Frederick18, Prospect place4DefectiveGoodGood
Bailey, Mary17, Coventry streetNoneDefectiveDefectiveDefective
Wisby, Samuel87, Railway arch, Three Colt's laneNoneDefectiveDefectiveFair
Farrow, James479, Bethnal Green road1BadGoodGoodWater supply from cistern over W.C., waste pipe of which communicates with same.
Griffiths, John23, Temple street4DefectiveDefectiveGood