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In the year 1857, there were 122 notices received of
intention to apply for Slaughter House Licenses. There were
67 notices from the Inner Liberties, including 8 new cases, which
were situated respectively,—3 in Lambeth Walk, 2 in the New
Cut, 2 in the Cornwall Road, and 1 in Kennington Lane.
There were 55 notices from the Outer Liberties, including 5 new
cases, situated respectively in Chapel Road, Norwood; in Mount
Pleasant, Brixton Hill; in Brixton Place; in Long Lane, Stockwell;
and in Bath Street, Camberwell New Road. All the
slaughter houses in both Districts were inspected, and eventually
found to be in a satisfactory condition. They had all been
recently cleansed and whitewashed, and many of them repaired
and improved. The points insisted upon were free ventilation,
good water supply, good paving, and efficient well-trapped
drains.
During the months of November and December, 1857, an
inspection was made of all the cow houses in the Parish,
amounting to 92, and at that time occupied by 830 cows.
Altogether the condition of the cow yards was better than had
been anticipated; but in several cases the premises were found
to be in a very objectionable state: and in these, the owners
received from the Inspectors of Nuisances preliminary notices
requiring improvement, which, after more or less trouble, were
satisfactorily attended to.
The general sanitary state of the Parish, as indicated by its
mortality, in the year 1857, is shown in the following Table,
which gives the total number of births, the total number of
deaths, the deaths under 5 years of age, and the deaths in the
workhouses, which occurred in the entire Parish, and in each of
its eight sub-divisions, during the entire year, and during each
particular quarter of the year.