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"I have to request that you will be good enough to lay this letter before the Vestry
at their next meeting.
"I am, dear Sir, yours faithfully,
(Signed), "JOHN POLLARD, Clerk.
"Messrs. Hawks & Stokes,
"Clerks to the Vestry of Rotherhithe."
The Valuation (Metropolis) Act, 1869.
Under the provisions of the Valuation (Metropolis) Act, 1869, the total assessment
of properties in this parish has been raised from Gross £164,241 10s. 6d., Rateable
£118,361 10s. 0d., to Gross .£174,282, Rateable, £134,830 10s.
APPENDIX No. 1.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
From 1st April, 1870, to 31st March, 1871;
The Vestry of the Parish of Rotherhithe, Surrey.
Gentlemen,
The annual statement I have to present to you on this occasion, is more favourable
than that which referred to 1869 and 1870; inasmuch as it will be found on examining
it, that the births have increased, and the deaths diminished; and although
the changes alluded to are not very large, they indicate a sound sanitary condition
of the parish.
The occurrence of epidemic diseases is of considerable interest, and concern to
those who are engaged in the performance of sanitary duties, and as diseases of this
class always contribute largely to the aggregate mortality in a district; and are supposed
to be more influenced by bad air, defective drainage, and insufficient food and clothing,
than some others, it is proper, when any of these diseases become unusually prevalent,
to bring the subject prominently under your notice.
Last year Scarlatina was the epidemic scourge, and its destructive effects on life
and future health were unusually severe. This disease had scarcely subsided, when
Small-pox, which had been warning us of its approach, became active, and in some
districts fatal in its effects to an unusual degree.