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1865
Fines
Cow keeping
Visits were paid in 1865 to Johnson's premises, Bow Common
Lane, Ton's factory, Frost's slaughter-house, and a number of
similar places reported to occasion nuisances, and to many private
houses re defective drainage. Several cases were brought before the
Magistrate and fines inflicted. 67 applications for Cow-keeping
licenses occurred, whereof eleven were to stand over for repairs
to premises.
1866
Places
visited
Cholera
epidemic
Committee
formed
Nuisances
suppressed
Cholera
mortality
During 1866 the Medical Officer visited Ton's premises, Westover
Street, New Street, Railway Place, and many other dwellings
and factories, but the ordinary work of the department was cast
into the shade by the Cholera Epidemic, which commenced in
Bromley, on July 12th, and rapidly spread over the Hamlet. (At
this critical juncture, owing to the serious illness of Mr. Freeman,
the Vestry did me the honor to appoint me Acting Medical Officer
of Health, and subsequently upon his decease, in the same year,
elected me to the vacant office.) On this subject of the cholera
epidemic voluminous reports lie before me, which can only be
touched upon in this Summary. A Special Committee was at once
formed, which held 24 sittings, and relieved 7,715 patients. Infected
bedding and clothing were destroyed. Printed notices, giving directions,
were largely circulated. Your Medical Officer presented
reports to each Committee meeting, showing that on the whole
11,000 houses had been visited, upwards of 100 of which were
ordered to have their drainage connected with the main sewers. In
a very large number of cases, nuisances dangerous to health
were summarily disposed of, and extensive paving works ordered.
Suggestions were made and carried out for the total suppression
of everything likely to injure health or encourage the epidemic.
The total mortality from Cholera and Diarrhœa in Mile End, from
July 16th, to October 15th, is shown below: the population being
estimated at 50,000 for the Eastern, and 35,000 for the Western